Chief Delphi - Tips for KitBot

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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

...I suppose this is from a combination of low robot weight (bare minimum for bot to run mounted), and running the bot on a slick tile floor.

Does anyone have suggestions on how to get more traction from the stock wheels?...

Make sure you test the robot on carpet. Our first year in the competition we had these beautiful, big pneumatic tires that worked great on the cement floor in our shop. When we got to Toronto we discovered... that our 4x4 drive couldn't turn worth a darn on the carpet! We solved the problem by reducing traction on one set of wheels by wrapping them in hard plastic duct work held on by zap straps/zip ties. Last year we did 4x4 again, but with pneumatically activated casters on one end. It would have been easier and lighter just to put omni wheels on one end.

This year... 6x6.

Jason

P.S. Skyway has some nice pneumatic wheel/tire combinations.