Chassis Team

[ Chassis | Drivetrain | Appendage | Field/Pit | Spirit/Scouting/Web | Wiring/Programming ]

Materials

• Steel
• Aluminum
• Carbon Fiber
• polycarbonate (lexan)
• UHMW (plastic)

Construction ideas

• Kit of Parts frame
  • This rather sophisticated robot started with the kit frame.
• Custom design from stock shapes and bolts
  • A completely wild design with the middle wheels that could telescope up and down.
  • I'm not sure what this one does - the kit frame with an appendage made mostly from square tubes.
• 80/20 Aluminum
  • 2010 robot with chassis made from 80/20
  • Another one (notice frame warping)
  • Another design and discussion
• idea book
• Welded
• Team 847 robot's welded frame

• Hybrid 80/20 with aluminum box design:
• Machining
  • design made from milled and bent sheet metal.
• a different design w/o bending

Ideas for the Build season

• team221.org - chassis rail/chain system
• team 1075 - invertable design.

Bumpers

• Quick Change Bumpers
• Team 2158:
• Team 2200
• thread on designs from 2010 bumper changes on chief delphi
• dual color bumpers
• 1000 Dernier Cordura Plus supplier
• Robot inspection presentation - includes bumper ideas
• removable covers from andymark
  • mount all bumpers together so they can be added or removed in one step.
  • Use wing nuts, cotter pins, ball spring pins or other hand fasteners
  • Cam handle ($12 from McMaster)