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Re: Wide vs. Tall
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Originally Posted by EricLeifermann View Post
dont need to subtract from the height but yes they are equivalent.
Actually you do:

a) drive train / electrical has to go somewhere, so including them would be inaccurate

b) each vertical inch for the wide base robot nets more volume than the tall robot, so the 6 inches hurts the short robot more.
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