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Re: Small/flat but powerful motors

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Originally Posted by AmoryG View Post
I agree with you. I was the driver of our team's robot which had 6 wheel drive. The thing about this robot creating a 6 wheel robot wouldn't fit the egg shaped. The purpose of the robot is to have a menuverable, small, speedy robot that's near impossible to knock over. I was actually thinking of using a 2 wheel drive. The very low center of gravity should be enough to keep it stable.
If you don't want a manipulator on it, maybe you want this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...50bee6a3_l.jpg

with this:

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/img...f1b026fe_l.jpg
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