Thread: How can we drive on this new floor?
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Re: How can we drive on this new floor?
The coefficient of transverse static (or kinetic for that matter) friction is significantly higher than the Inline coefficients of friction. I can't help but imagine that some use could be had from the transverse friction.
The the higher friction could be used to create a centripetal force to assist in turning, which would require that the wheels rotate.
Or, a foot could be made from a perpendicularly positioned wheel, and use the transverse coefficient of friction to help stop the robot. Would that be legal?
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