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Re: pic: Wide base robot CAD

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post

How much less motor torque does it take to just start rotating a wide trackwidth 4-wheel robot compared to a long wheelbase robot (all other things being equal). Say 30"x24" compared to 24"x30". Does anybody have any data?


i'm not sure, but i can tell you by my team's experience when we did crab drive, turning using the wide side as the front was a lot easier. i don't have any idea the numbers, but it was significant enough of a difference, however drop centers are the way to go
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