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Re: please, talk to me about robot drive

We used the 6wd system with the center wheel lowered about 1/8" and we had a 0 turning radius. I think this is the most straight forward/most effective method of 6wd that I know of.

Now that I think about it the swamp things had an interesting setup. they had 6wd that had the outer wheels co-linear and the center wheels further apart. I would appreciate it if someone could tell us about how this design worked. Were the center wheels lowered? What is the traction benefit from this design?
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