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Re: How can we drive on this new floor?

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Originally Posted by 1075guy View Post
Seems to me it says nothing about requiring the wheels be oriented so MOTION is in the direction of the tread, only that they be mounted with tread touching the floor (i imagine to foil us lateral thinkers that might try to cantilever the wheels and use the flat face of them to try to move forward)
Darn, the first thing I thought was that we should make a walker bot using the wheels sideways.
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