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Unread 25-01-2011, 13:38
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Re: Minibot climb rate

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Originally Posted by klmx30302 View Post
With 4" wheels the motors will backdrive easily, the way we get ours down is by putting some long bolts on the bottomside of the robot. next get a pole and attach a ziptie in a large loop at the top, use it to gently pull on the bottom of the minibot and it should backdrive all the way down.
Here is a video of our minibot prototype:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IKLSgfXqcM
No ladders, no poles on the field, look at the Q&A forum. Keep working!