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Re: What type of drive train is the most maneuverable?

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Originally Posted by Joel J.
I remember looking at that whitepaper. I recall that the only thing it said was that the length of the robot should be less that the wheelbase, for the robot to just begin to turn. I will look again to see if there is a method to determine how much force is required by a certain dimensioned robot, with a certain weight and a certain CoF with the carpet, to turn.

[edit: Ok, the equation is there. Great.]
All you students out there, read the post above, at least twice. There is a great lesson in it.

Many of the references (books, articles, poems, CD threads, etc.) that you will encounter will have more to say to you when you re-read them a season or two later. The reference doesn't change from one reading to the next, but you do. And you get smarter, or more experienced, or both.
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I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.
(Cosmic Religion : With Other Opinions and Aphorisms (1931) by Albert Einstein, p. 97)