Thread: Robot Tipping issues
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Re: Robot Tipping issues
One of the oddest tricks I remember was in 2008. My team at the time (1747 HBR) had a problem with overshooting when hurdling the overpass which would snare the grabber on our angled forklift and tip us over to the point of being caught on the overpass with the wheels off the ground. Our fix was to (IIRC) zip tie a piece of 3/8" round stock to the lower rear frame rail, which worked as a makeshift wheelie bar and prevented the tipping issue from disabling us.
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