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Originally Posted by Indiebot
The students were learning how to control a motor with code and the lead programmer decided it would be hilarious to attach a wheel directly to the CIM to see if it could actually drive so they came up with this as a joke. We thought it would be something funny to show to other teams.
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As long as you don't have any weight other than the very minimum necessary to drive, yes you should be able to break out of zero. Add bumpers and a few manipulators, and you'll likely be stuck. Our Aerial Assist robot started out like this (just a drive platform, CIMs to 6" mecanum wheels). As soon as I realized what was going on, I blew the whistle. We ended up with TB-minis at, IIRC, 10.7:1.