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Re: How can we drive on this new floor?

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Originally Posted by darkpheonix View Post
In response to adding weight without adding weight, you could add fans to the bottom of the robot to draw in air from the bottom, just like those cars that can climb walls. Don't know how much it would increase the normal force though.
Reading R06... It says to me that no devices at all (making contact or not) may be used as a "traction device". The intent is that all robots have similiar traction on the surface. Increasing your force via suction would be a "traction device" in my mind
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