Robot Design Concept

FRC Team 118 stands among the most accomplished and respected organizations in the history of the FIRST Robotics Competition, fielding competition robots engineered for peak performance and consistency.

This robot utilizes an omni drivebase, with the back wheels being omni wheels, and the front wheels being traction wheels. This combination of omni wheels and traction wheels allow for the smooth turning. At the same time, as the front set of wheels are traction wheels, the robot can more effectively resist being pushed from the side than if all of the wheels were omni wheels. To counter the inherent unintended sideways slippage that occurs when omni wheels are used in drivebase, additional encoder modules line the drivebase, (made out of an encoder and a traction wheel lightly tensioned to run on the ground), to allow for the robot to more effectively track its position for autonomous runs. While such a drivebase would likely not be seen in current FRC games, it was an effective drivebase for the time.

This robot uses a very wide through bumper intake to allow for Fuel to be brought into the robot. The advantage of using a through bumper intake is that it can be protected from collisions.