a drive technique we termed "UFO" drive, our team sought to manuver our robot around the field from a single Coaxial wheel in the center with 2 guiding wheels around it. In theory we would now be able to drive in a constant direction while spinning the frame. However, we experienced difficulty with the gears turning our inner coaxial unit binding and slipping as the wheel rotated.

to resolve this issue we turned to chains to reduce the need for such ideal balance. With successful testing we went into our competition confidently, but during our second match of the day something went wrong, one of our axles was evidently too short and fell out of our drive forcing us to steer on our 2 motor backup drive. Additionally, the wires to our folding suspension system broke at competition as well.

In this new circumstance we relied heavily on our drone launcher, the which, helped us become the first Aledo team to land a paper drone in zone 1.

to reduce the size of the Inner unit as a whole to make more space for our intake, we designed our own differential drive instead. Basing it off chains we were able to greatly reduce the size of the unit. Unfortunately, as the diff. is powered by 2 motors (unlike the coaxials 3) our speed was greatly reduced severly impacting our performance on the field. Thankfully, we were able to advance based on our innovative approaches and ability to connect with the community. 

While this was certainly not an experience our team wanted to undergo, we were learning invaluable lessons that would help us in planning our State robot.

to traditonal drivetrain techniques, we simplified our approach to field manuvers in order to increase speed and lower cycle time. In this final iteration we experienced our greatest successes and were able to reserve even more space for our intake and outakes. While we did not place at State we were far from last in our 5A division.