Thread: pic: 1683 8 wheel drivetrain updated
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Re: pic: 1683 8 wheel drivetrain updated
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Originally Posted by Scott team 48 View Post
I'm just curious if your only planning on powering the center 4 wheels, and if so what brought about that decision? As it is, it is well guarded against sideways pushes because it has traction in 8 locations, however if someone wanted to push from the front or back, you would only have to break traction on the center 4 wheels before they could move you at will.
the problem wouldn't be the wheels that are powered but the weight of the robot... with *4 CIMs?* it should have adequate pushability as long as theres enough mass to push with. powering all 8 wheels would just increase the turning problems that are imminent.
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