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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.
Not true. In fact, we went through a design change already because with a well balanced wide robot with pneumatic wheels at the corners inflated to max pressure, the robot had a very hard time turning.
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