Posted by Gary Stearns at 1/18/2001 1:41 PM EST
Coach on team #236, Techno Ticks, from Lyme Old lyme High School and Millstone Nuclear Power Station.
In Reply to: need a general opinion from all you experts...
Posted by Anton Abaya on 1/18/2001 1:31 AM EST:
: given the assumption that there is enough torque, can a robot with a 4 wheel drive train, using the 8" wheelchair wheels, pull a goal up a bridge? or will the wheels slip?
: will mere adding of traction on wheels make the difference ?
: also, what is the ideal weight of a robot that needs to pull an 80lbs goal? i imagine 70+ ?
: -anton
Well Mr Bill
(not his real name) sez "Even if we are light lets add the weight for traction" and we haven't been light yet!! :{)