Thread: Variable Diameter Wheels
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Re: Variable Diameter Wheels
Well, if you are talking about variable diameter wheels, but now continuously variable diameter wheels, 190's 2001 robot did use two sets of different sized wheels to shift on the fly (one set could be raised or lowered). There has also been a clever design for a continuously variable wheelplan we've been kicking around for as long as I've been on the team, but I don't think any of the recent games have really made it necessary to use.
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