Thread: Minimum Ground Clearance?
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Re: Minimum Ground Clearance?
our robot was 3/32 off the ground this year (1/8 off the ground + rivet heads). I would say that that is the ABSOLUTE limit to how low you can make a robot. while it ran well on the field, it high centered on nearly every thing at our school:

Seams in concrete floors, (underneath carpet)
doorways
a zip tie

I advise more than .5 inches, and check the nominal diameter. the andymark wheels are usualy .05-.15 smaller than what they are marketed as. (quickly removing the .375 inches of ground clearance we had)