Difference between revisions of "3-Wheel Swerve"
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Image:Tribot111d.jpg|Equilateral triangle design | Image:Tribot111d.jpg|Equilateral triangle design | ||
+ | Image:Tribotwood3.jpg|Prototype design based on 111" geometry showing electronics locations | ||
+ | Image:Tribotwood4.jpg| | ||
Image:Roundbot111.jpg|Equilateral swerve in a round chassis | Image:Roundbot111.jpg|Equilateral swerve in a round chassis | ||
+ | Image:Tribotwood2.jpg| | ||
Image:Tribot_130711_csm.jpg|Pentagonal prototype | Image:Tribot_130711_csm.jpg|Pentagonal prototype | ||
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Revision as of 16:43, 4 August 2013
The 2013 change in perimeter rules (112 in overall perimeter vis-à-vis 28in x 38 in) open new potentials for non-rectangular robots. The team decided to explore this.
In particular, the new rules enable the design of a 3-wheeled robot without paying as large a penalty in terms of reduced stability. Potential benefits of a 3-wheeled drive-train are reduced drive-train and chassis weight, and/or a drive-train with enhanced features (which might otherwise been impractical due to drive-train weight). Additionally, a 3-wheeled swerve robot reduce burden on the cRIO. A tiangular chassis robot may be able to break a blockage by opposing robots more easily than a rectangular chassis robot due to the reduced corner angle.
- Tribotwood2.jpg