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Originally Posted by JamesCH95
Just a little thing I gambled on this year that paid off: keep your CG behind the bumper zone, not as low as possible (assuming the bumper zone isn't insanely high, of course). 96.3% of the time robot-robot contact is bumper-to-bumper and having your CG/center of inertia in the bumper zone will help keep your robot from flipping. I'll let you do the fizix.
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I am struggling with why having a high CoG would prevent you from flipping in the event of a collision.
If anything, lowering the traction of your wheels would seem to do the most good since it would prevent your entire robot from becoming a lever arm rooted in the ground.