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the benifit of tank treads is also its downfall in this game. tank treads give you more Traction than wheels, but in order to turn they must slip and slide accross the floor in a circle, which would be very hard on carpet (most likely your tracks would come off your wheels if you tried to turn. tanks used treads to keep their supper heavy bodies from sinking into soft ground and getting stuck, and half-tracks, being lighter, used a hybrid desighn to increase manuverability and controll at higher speeds. seeing as how no robot is in danger of sinking into the floor with the current weight restrictions imposed by FIRST, i do not know how efective tank tracks would be