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Re: Highest traction wheels

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Originally Posted by strangestat View Post
Out of AM's HiGrip, Plaction, and Pneumatic Wheels, and these Colson wheels I've heard about. What definitively has the highest traction (on "smoother" surfaces)?
There's simply no substitute for testing in this case-- as Michael said, friction is quite inexact, and this is especially true on FRC robots. If at all possible I would test you options on whatever surface you're thinking of driving on-- the calculation for coefficient of friction is quite simple.

You know, testing this on an actual robot would be an excellent summer project...