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Re: Four wheel drive question
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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
A TechnoKat robot from a few years ago used a pneumatic "puck" that lifted the front end of the robot when the joysticks were calling for a turn. This was on a tank-tread drivebase rather than a four-wheel drive, but the idea works either way.

If you aren't dead set on the supplied wheels, you have many options, including omniwheels. The 2004 KatsKlaw just used extremely grippy rear tires and enough motor power to make the front wheels slip without too much skipping.
What are your thoughts on using the supplied wheels as the power (attached to the motors) with omniwheels as the front wheels? This way there would be no drag on the front tires it would go freely either direction?
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