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Re: Wave Robotics 2826 Mini-bot 1.45 sec!
Mr. Van, I can provide a few hints on the traction material, but don't want to give away the farm quite yet. Plus, what fun would it be if I just told you. ; )

1. The material is 100% legal,
2. The material is not in the Tetrix parts makeup
3. The material has a higher coefficient of friction to steel than rubber (thus is not rubber)
4. The material can be easily found online with the right magic words

The real trick in increasing the traction was making sure we were applying the force to the pole normal to the axis of rotation of the wheel. Our first ten or so protos were a failure (or at least a relative failure) because we were dramatically overthinking the retaining mechanism.


I promise that we will divulge everything at the Wisconsin Regional in week 2. Of Course, by then, everyone will probably have a 1 second minibot and we will be behind the ball.