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Re: Commets on these drive trains

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Originally Posted by gburlison View Post
...You would want it to be very close to perfect balance since you do not want to transfer robot weight to the wheels on the trailer....
I might argue that you want it out of balance -- in the opposite direction than you mention -- to take some of the trailer's weight onto the robot wheels. A big theme has been about how to increase the normal force and gain traction....