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Originally Posted by geeknerd99
Last year, we could achieve 14 fps going full throttle, and if pushing something, well, we managed to push a robot running skyway wheels sideways across the arena at maybe 4-5 fps. So, it's not always a complete tradeoff between power and speed. 2 motors in each of those kit gearboxes can be mighty powerful if they power 7 inch wide drive wheels with conveyor belt material treads.
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Power is relative (in the pushing sense. Obviously mechanical power is absolute).
While you may be able to push a great deal using the kitbot with 4 motors, relative to another robot using the same setup, your robot is not powerful at all.
So as long as you're facing a robot that's 1)using fewer motors than you or 2) is using the same amount of motors but geared to go faster, your robot will be relatively powerful.