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Re: Calculating Torque required to self Right

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Originally Posted by Qbranch View Post
My question is... wouldn't it be better to design the robot NOT to flip easily? Then again, I think you may be on to something this year... I'm thinknig there's going to be a lot of robots crashing into those operator stations as people try to take those turns too fast.

*makes mental note to definitely add accelerometer G-limiter software into teleoperated control loop*

-q
We have a pretty low CG and don't plan on tipping; but with the high speeds and the overpass that could easily close line robots, I'd like to know we can get back up.