{"id":26,"date":"2010-11-26T14:14:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T22:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/?p=26"},"modified":"2010-12-06T08:24:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T16:24:37","slug":"chassis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/2010\/11\/26\/chassis\/","title":{"rendered":"Chassis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The chassis of our robot is a \u00a0four wheeled design. The rear wheels are used for propulsion, while the front wheels are for steering.<\/p>\n

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This design was\u00a0chosen over a differential drive system because\u00a0it \u00a0allows for greater speed. The propulsion motor is not used for steering at all, which allows it to devote its full power to speed, even while the robot is turning.\u00a0The\u00a0front wheels are controlled by a servomotor, allowing for quick and accurate changes of\u00a0direction.\u00a0The\u00a0downside of this design is that it has a much larger turning radius. A\u00a0differentially\u00a0driven \u00a0robot can make 180 degree turns on the spot, while our robot would require a\u00a0substantial forward movement to accomplish the same maneuver. However, a differential robot must slow down or stop to make any change in direction, which is not necessary for our robot.<\/p>\n

Our original Steering system consisted of the wheels\u00a0scavenged\u00a0from an model car connected directly to the servomotor. \u00a0This\u00a0was used in our midterm run. (see Movies tab) \u00a0However this was not very effective for large\u00a0changes\u00a0of direction. This system was changed to a geared turning system, which allows for a greater maximum turn rate.<\/p>\n

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The chassis of our robot is a \u00a0four wheeled design. The rear wheels are used for propulsion, while the front wheels are for steering. This design was\u00a0chosen over a differential drive system because\u00a0it \u00a0allows for greater speed. The propulsion motor … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127026],"tags":[127056,127036],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mechanical-design","tag-chassis","tag-mechanical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/teamone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}