Thread: Gearing for 20 FPS?
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Re: Gearing for 20 FPS?
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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley View Post
Yeah I agree with that. If any robot in any game was going to move that quickly, a round swerve drive robot driven with an RC controller definitely seems like the one to do it. I imagine taking non-banked turns at that speed is what started causing some issues (not to mention just the shear reaction time required at that speed).

-Brando
You're dead on Brando. Check out their 2008 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fLf71xlVhE

Looks like 148 could've risked rolling over at 30fps, they were getting up on two wheels (Maybe one? Don't know how a 3WD swerve handles) during hard cornering.
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