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Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence
You are correct that the lack of horizontal traction allows you to keep moving forward, but you don't just slip by because of the friction between the bumpers. What ends up happening is the pin starts moving in a circle due to the bumper friction pushing perpendicular to where the robot is driving away.
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I've actually seen this happen a lot on robots with good, traction setups. However, an all-omni setup goes to the other extremely and lets the robot slide out easier.
It is my understanding, that's why team 33 was successful with their DT this past year (along with some fancy software).
- Sunny G.