View Single Post
  #43   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 26-11-2012, 13:22
Saberbot's Avatar
Saberbot Saberbot is offline
Ask me about Glentite™
AKA: David Ingraham
FRC #4146 (Saguaro Sabercat Robotics)
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: Arizona
Posts: 109
Saberbot is just really niceSaberbot is just really niceSaberbot is just really niceSaberbot is just really nice
Re: Be afraid... Be VERY Afraid

Doesn't a sphere give you a disadvantage as far as friction is concerned?

In a perfect spere only one point would be tangent to the ground.

In a wheel, the entire width of the tread is touching the ground.

Am I missing something?
__________________