Servite Friarbots FIRST Robotics Team 3309 http://www.serviterobotics.org Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:43:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Practice Chassis Driving http://www.serviterobotics.org/practice-chassis-driving/ http://www.serviterobotics.org/practice-chassis-driving/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:57:33 +0000 admin http://www.serviterobotics.org/?p=1700
Our practice chassis (one of two near-identical robots that we are building this year, the other being the show/competition bot) is rolling around and it’s pretty cool! The shooter and ball intake will be installed in a matter of days.

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First day of working with the chassis parts.
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See our prototype shooter in action!

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After just a few days of work, we have an automatic balancing proof-of-concept working. Using a gyro to measure the degree offset, corrections are made autonomously to balance the bridge with different amounts of weights on it.

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We tested Mecanum wheels on a test chassis going over the bridge and barrier. While it’s viable, we are still evaluating these and other options for our drivetrain.

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