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Re: Limitting motor torque

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Originally Posted by Hawiian Cadder View Post
increasing friction will increase the amount of power draw when the robot stalls. however that is not a bad thing, more grip = more pushing power. because the robots only run for 3 min at most, power draw, and efficiency dont really matter.
I have seen robots that drain a battery in one match, power draw is something teams should think about.

Increasing friction also increases the amount of power that is required to turn, this can result in a large power draw. If there is a reasonable amount of performance increase that can be gained by minimizing slipping in software why not take advantage of it?
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