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Re: The physics of pushing

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
For each drive motor, multiply the motor's torque by the total gear ratio (gearbox and sprockets etc) and divide by the wheel diameter. Then add those up. Watch your units. Post your results here and we'll check it for you.


I got that step... What I want to know is how to calculate the force the robot can push with using the torqe