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Originally Posted by idahorobot
One consideration, because of room limits, is for us is to use four 8" pneumatic tires. I think turning via tank drive will be very difficult.
Has anyone tried this?
Would 2 transmissions and four motors be enough to make reasonable turns?

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I wouldn't trust our Ri3D robot on carpet. 6 pneumatic wheels with a drop center is highly preferable to a 4 wheel drive for a number of reasons, scrub being one of them. Another reason for 6 would be that it would have an easier time traversing defenses as shown by many of the Ri3D teams.