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Unread 09-01-2006, 14:35
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Re: Minimum Clearance?

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
If you (or your teammates) don't trust your math skills completely, you can use physical models. It doesn't take long to put a couple of wheels on the ends of a stick and play with them on a ramp. I was surprised to find how little clearance it takes for a six-wheel robot to make it over the top.
Thats one of the advantages of a six wheeled robot, given that the wheels are aligned with three on each side, for even if one pair loses traction, there are still two pairs in contact, and thus the robot will not end up getting hung up on the top of the ramp. On the bottom, it acts identical to a four wheeled robot.
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