Stopping a Triple Balance

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Originally Posted by ThirteenOfTwo

Many of the more effective triple balancers have robots with special attachments to help them balance. A mecanum, for instance, might have a "stinger" to stop the bridge from tilting too far in the other direction. Depending on the angle of the bridge I could definitely see a low-traction drive like a mecanum having the force to slowly push a higher-traction robot.

You're correct, though, that lower traction certainly would make balancing harder. Does anyone have video of a high-traction and low-traction combo trying to balance?

As Madison stated before, the action of mecanum robots are actually in reality the high traction robots moving back while the mecanum drives towards the high traction robots. Theoretically, mecanums can't push high traction robots, especially upward (The only exception to this rule I know of is 357 with their Jester Drive ).

I wouldn't pick mecanums unless you have two other high traction robots. I've seen instances where the mecanums can't even go up on the bridge.