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Re: Our tread

hmmm, the carpet was pretty "fluffy" but it scares me because I'm not sure its too much different than the competition carpet, maybe I should have paid more attention to the carpets last year, hmm.
We did adjust our sensitivity on our joystick in the programming, so I guess we'll just have to mess around with that some if all else fails.
We were able to move foreward but because the x-axis programming was adjusted to about half, we could not turn from idle positions.
I guess we'll just have to play around with the programming when we get to the competition, which im so excited for!!

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Originally Posted by cdr1122334455
i've heard something before on too much traction.

But that mostly affects robot's with tank treads. What happens is the friction generated by the treads touching the carpet, and creating enough friction to stall the motors. But with wheel treads? Thats a first.
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