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Re: Low-Rider Robots

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Originally Posted by SteveO
Anybody have an anti-tip mechanism We are going to try and use the accelerometer to automatically deploy "wheelie bars" if we are tipping a certain angle. We want to use probably pretty big pistons for this though and were heavy as it is
in 2003 our robot had wheelie bars that were spring loaded so when the bot started to move the wheels pulled a string that pulled a pin to release the bars, it was light weight easy to make and replace. And it saved our bot from tipping more times then i can count.
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