Design

          Our team has decided to create a somewhat large robot that will be able to have one adult sized passenger ride on top of it. This robot will be controlled using a game console controller that will distribute power to four large 12V DC motors. The drive train of this robot will be the four 12V DC motors powering six high friction wheels by a means of chains and sprockets for improving the ratio. The resulting driving style will be that of a tank, minus the tank treads. The center wheel on each side of the robot will have a slight vertical drop compared to the four corner wheels, this drastically improves the turning ability of the robot because at any given time only four of the six wheels will have contact with the ground. Our drive train will be contained by an all aluminum welded chassis that will provide us with an excellent strength to weight ratio.