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Unread 14-02-2011, 00:45
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Re: Minibot wheel slip

As others have pointed out, even if you increase your traction, you must have the normal force necessary to utilize it. You can calculate the normal force required for non slip pretty easily. Typically if you are using two motors (14v battery) with a 2:1 gearing you will need about 7.2 lbs of normal force.

Make sure you test this by pulling the minibot off the pole with a with a scale reading the normal force(easy to do with magnet minibots not so easy with others).

There is a trade off between normal force that won't allow slippage and the drag force that occurs from the normal force on the bearings. I have done some simulation trade offs and it seems that you want the Normal force to be about 2x the weight. Any extra normal force will only hurt due to the extra drag.