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Re: How can we drive on this new floor?
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Originally Posted by Enigma's puzzle
Sorry to break it too you all but tank drive is going to be a pain, Tank drive has an axis of rotation around the center of the robot. BUT you have a trailer, you are going to be dragging the trailer wheels side ways it will be a battle.
Also the trailer anytime that you backup you will jack knife almost immediately, then you will be unable to control your backwards motion, turning with the trailer.
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In theory though, you should be able to drag the trailer around because the wheels are the same non-grippy wheels that are on the robot. I'd also venture to guess that a trailer weighs substantially less than a robot, but then again I'm not entirely sure...
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