The Design
A towering behemoth. The tallest robot our team has built. It it is a vertical rectangle with an interesting drive base, a great ball collecting device and large wide dumper. The front two wheels and back two wheels can turn together 180 degrees. Giving our robot a twerve drive. Because our wheels drive were all powered with one motor total among them, Warthog was at the sweet spot of speed - as fast as possible without the wheels slipping on the slippery floor. This allowed our robot to shove other robots around with ease and even those robots that we knew were incredible well build we managed to hold and prevent from scoring.
Highlighted Mechanisms
"Twerve" drive
Polyurethane belts
Ball Storage Unit
The Name
Our robots name is unique to our building style during this build season. Can you guess why that might be? No, its not because it looks like an eyeball it you walk a fair distance away, squint and tilt your head a little. Its because very few measurements were actually taken or used in the placement or cutting of the components. But that’s what happens your first year and we definitely got better about that.
Competition
Midwest Regional Competition Wisconsin Regional
Awards Won
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