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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.
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.
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