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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Sorry but no you didn't. Power does not come from putting more wheels in your drivetrain or more air in your tires, it comes from putting more motors (or more powerful motors) in your drivetrain. So unless nearly all the teams in your regional had fewer motors or weaker motors in your drivetrain than you did, they were every bit as powerful as you.
Perhaps what you mean is you were able to apply more force on the ground than they?
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I think power is quite accurate from what he was describing.
In the linear power domain, Power = Force * Velocity. Therefore, if he can get more force to the floor at the same velocity, then his robot base is moving with more
power than if his wheels had less traction.
Slip between the wheels and the floor is another loss for the overall
system. From a system standpoint, his use of the word power is perfectly correct.