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Originally Posted by phrontist
Verdomme! Almost everyone is going to have the same amount of defensive ability, techincally speaking. I can assess the defensive capability of your robot with two questions:
1) What is the net power rating of all of your drive motors?
2) What is your lowest gear ratio?
That's all folks! After that it really comes down to driver skill, the range of which is fairly minimal in my experience. So most of the time, robots will be at a stalemate defensively, or it will be a complete shutout.
The game will be decided by your offensive capability.
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i think you're over simplifying it a bit. no matter how much power your motors are putting out, or how low you gear them, if you have an 80 lb robot running two wheel drive on slick skyway caster wheels, then odds are they won't be winning many pushing contests. a few additional important questions might be:
3) what is the coef. of friction of your drive wheels?
4) what percentage of your wheels are driven?
5) how much does your robot weigh?