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Re: Floor Damage?
For testing if the code is working, some of that does need to be done driving around, but we've found that a surprising amount of testing can occur with the robot up on blocks and the wheels not actually touching the ground. For initial testing, for example, you can see what direction the wheels are spinning, and approximately how fast, so you don't need to actually have it on the ground.
An additional benefit to putting it up on blocks is the "run-away robot" situation - if you're first testing code with it on the ground, there's a decent tendency for something to go awry, and the robot to start driving into chairs, tables, walls, or even students. Up on blocks, you can at least ensure that you can stop just fine!
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