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Originally Posted by ZakuAce
Has anyone seriously considered a robot with two wheels in the middle as the drive wheels and having it pivot? We're thinking it would get good traction, as all the weight (well most of it) would be on the two drive wheels, and the trailer would help balance out the wheels to keep the center of gravity in the middle. Also, the simplicity factor would allow us to spend more time making a way to score.
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I've seen that discussed on here before, I think that the concensus was that the hitch allows too much vertical movement for that to be feasible. You'd probably rock the hitch up and down enough for your team to get called on the rule that states the hitch needs to be a certain height