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Originally Posted by bduddy
To avoid any confusion, I believe that the robot in question has a drivetrain such that it can actively change its "ride height" and thus its bumper height; it's not just suspension travel. If indeed this allows the robot to place its bumpers outside the Bumper Zone, I don't think it should be competing, but that's just me...
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You might be right, but I interpreted this post a bit differently than you.
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Originally Posted by aechmtwash11
What happens is our drive train will raise up when we accelerate. This is an side effect of having a freely articulating drive train to converse the bump.
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If the drivetrain were actively articulated, a solution would be as easy as some programming to prevent unwanted articulation. But since the OP said it was freely floating, I believe that the motion is unpowered which would cause the drive to rock during starting/stopping/changing direction. If they added a slight bit of resistance to this motion (Think a simple spring to dampen it) it might be all they need to keep the bumpers legal while also retaining what sounds to be a nifty mechanism.