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Re: "Gearing for speed" criticism

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Originally Posted by Manoel View Post
From time to time some people do point out to unexperienced designers that "yeah, your final speed is great, but how long does it take to get there?". This remark only gives a qualitative analysis, though. I propose a different way to look at the problem: How far will your robot travel in x seconds?
Manoel,
I agree that this is a valuable benchmark, and that the majority of users don't think about optimizing acceleration/top speed for "real field" usage.

I'm curious about more detail of your analysis. Can you share the acceleration model which you're using for these calculations?

-John