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Re: Team 3038 Drive Train

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Originally Posted by tomy View Post
This is our second year and we create a drive train that can pull and push a 120lbs man. If you like post comments, I will try to get more videos of it driving.

Here is one

Here is the second

any comments or questions just post here
Pretty cool.

A better test of pushing power though is setting up a scale against a wall, placing your robot in front of it and then pushing forward until the wheels slip or the motors stall. That will give you a quantifiable thrust.

What you showed in your video is that your robots thrust (weight x CoF) is more than the mans traction (weight x CoF) while on his butt

... But it is cool to see robots pulling people
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