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Re: Are six wheels better than four?

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Originally Posted by cziggy343 View Post
so what you are saying is that it may give better handling, but not better traction?
Nothing can legally be done to get you more traction that a robot at full bumper and robot weight. You can only reduce the traction by having a robot weigh less.

Now, the wheels slipping provide less traction then not slipping, you won't increase the maximum traction by solving that issue, but you'll reduce the time you have minimized traction. This would probably solve the same issue, as if you are trying to push another robot and have traction control to keep your wheels from slipping, and they don't, you can push ~20% harder.
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