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Originally posted by Lloyd Burns
Could conductive wheels clad in a thin insulator be charging better than our non-conductive aluminum-painted wheels ? The capacitance to the hdpe might be higher, and the resistance between the frame and just inside the rubber might affect it.
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Well, at least on the pictures on the site, the TechnoKats robot have nylon (or some material like that) pulleys. So I'm guessing that even if metal does make a difference, the event is not exclusive to it.
