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Unread 31-01-2012, 21:47
Andrew Lawrence
 
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Re: Examples of wide-based robots using traction and omni wheels

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi View Post
This is probably wrong actually. If you have a wide base robot, and you're powering all wheels, you should have 0 issues with wheel scrub while turning.
We are currently using the new 6" wheels in the kit, and using the spacing provided. While we turn, we don't maneuver/turn as well as we'd like to. FURTHERMORE, the main reason we're looking into this is because we want to move our wheels out a bit more so we have a bit more stability for the robot, thus making it even harder to turn, especially with the 4" AM plaction wheels we will be using as of tomorrow.

Officially, I can't say it's bad, since we didn't test on carpet. However, we tested on pretty slick concrete that may have been even easier than carpet, and that's what scared me. We will test on real carpet tomorrow.
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