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Re: Team 2054's Finished Robot Yotube

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Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink View Post
Note the small diameter, rigid wheels on 1501. For 2054, if there was some way you could put a small, rigid wheel (or some form of stabilizer under the extension) on the "loaded" end of your chassis as close to the frame perimieter as possible, that would improve your stability on the ramp. It would probably restrict you to crossing the barrier from one side of the robot only, but that shouldn't be a problem with your chassis/pneumatic tires at the other end of the bot.

Excellent robot. It was an honor to practice with you guys and Code Red last weekend.
We have actually added a piece that will support the weight when another robot is on us. So we dont tip forward
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