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Re: robot speed

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Originally Posted by vivek16 View Post
the kitbot sprocket setup last year came to about 15 feet per second.
I don't know where that number came from; the kit drive system last year was geared to a maximum speed of 7.24 ft/s. Of course, that is just a theoretical top speed that doesn't take into account drive system inefficiencies, and the actual top speed is probably somewhere in the fives.
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