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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
As long as FIRST doesn't pretend that a ducted fan is a traction device,1 I'm happy. (In all seriousness, the distinction between accumulating pressure and blowing air seems to be a good, practical one.)
1 I'm not making that up. In 2009, a fan thrusting the robot downward was allegedly a traction device. That was ridiculous.
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Tristan this is an interesting comment... why did you use the fan?
My guess is that it was used to increase the "apparent weight" of the robot which would increase the normal force on the wheels which would increase the friction of the wheels with the surface. Therefore this would increase traction..
hence a traction device.
That being said.. .the battery and every other part on the robot are also traction devices by this definition ..
interesting