Finding better traction!

We finally get to do our competition on the tables. Last week we won the outdoor challenge, but this week we are going to run into a little challenge. We need better traction, our wheels were designed for our outdoor competition on asphalt. Now we need rubber wheels to stick to the tables, which is what we are working on today.

Today we are revamping our robot slightly for next Tuesday when we have the competition indoors and on tables! We had a successful competition day on Wednesday where we had a rocky start but ended winning every other match. We were crowned the best vex robot in the class, but we'll see what happens on Tuesday!

Challenge Time

After finishing our solidworks bot, we can't wait to get to the competition. Our group is confident we'll do well, although there are some traction issues we should work on.  We may ask another group for a cem kit or figure out a less complicated fix.  However, we think a better idea is to use the large omni-directional wheels that are the front 2 wheels in the following pictures.

Ready to rock and pull!

This week we have completely finished our robot. This means we have our mounts and even bricks for weight (which we gave our own decals).  We also used a broken brick as a tail fin for aerodynamics, since we're traveling at such high speeds. ; )

Finishing touches

This week we are just about ready to start scrimmaging opponent robots. All we have left to do is set a mount for our brain and battery and create a structure to attach the rope to.

Fine Tuning

This week we continue making our robot on solid works, also we are fine tuning our robot to better compete with our opponents in the class. We are planning on finishing sometime this week.

Solidworks cont.

This week we've made substantial progress with our solidworks robot. We have also added an upgrade to our compound gear system we hope adds more torque to it.