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Originally Posted by kDude
What about if the robot had 4 omni wheels, one on each corner, and the two power wheels on the middle of either side. That would give us a much tighter turning radius.
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It sure would give you a tighter turn radius, allowing you to spin in place about the center of your robot, ie tank drive. If you did this, then putting the weight in the center of the robot would probaby be your best bet. That way, you won't have weight on the outside to swing around and slow you down (at least, that's what basic physics would say, I don't know about the real world) and you would have more weight on the traction wheels, where it does the most good.
Somehow I don't think that placing weight on the left side would help you make fast left turns in this wheel configuration (if so, then it could slow you down if you need to go around the Track in reverse), but I could be wrong.