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Re: Ideal robot speed

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
This is exactly why you need to play with your ratios and look at the time it takes to cover distances.
This is a very good point. Look at the time it takes to get from point A to point B. That time will be a combination of acceleration rate and peak speed and you want to find the combination that gets you the lowest time.

You can calculate an acceleration rate and top speed, and draw a curve for the options. Or, you can build a chassis and do some testing with combinations and accurate measures to get "real" data to make your decision. Both are good approaches.
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