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Originally posted by badjokeguy
yea but we have like 3 brakes on our bot, we have 2 for the ends of the wings 1 pneumatic brake in the back an if we lower our foot that is also a brake....we aer not moving!
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granted that that does make it a little bit better for you, but just because you have breaking mechaisms at the ends of your arms doesn't mean that you necessarily have a weight center over those arms. as such, while the brakes underneath the chassis of your robot will most likely hold fast if someone tries to push you, the brakes under the arms wouldn't have lot of power (that is of course assuming that you do not lift your chassis off the floor to distribute the weight onto your arms - since you said that you have breaks under your chassis, i'm assuming that you don't do that). remember, traction on a smooth surface is a factor not only of your coefficient of friction, but also the force applied to the area of contact.
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