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Unread 11-02-2010, 11:48
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Re: 48 Bump Teaser

"Wheelie bar" makes me think of climbing the ramp with this robot in 2003. We actually need to add an obstruction in the back of the robot to keep balls out ....we could always make it more functional.

Since early in the build, we've been considering some kind of tensioning of the drive pods - anything from active cylinders to gas springs to pre-tensioned surgical tubing. We expect to do more testing and decide upon a final solution, if needed.

We do also have mechanical travel hard stops on each pod (backed up by the drive chain which will mesh nicely with the plaction wheel roughtop if the hard stops fail - ha) - it remains to be seen how they affect "tippability".

Thanks for bringing up this concern.
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