Coefficient of Friction Testing

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Siri

We don't do this routinely (being both somewhat limited and somewhat naive in wheel choices), but with the bridge this year we did several true experiments, including using the full robot and bridge with various wheels and other surface texture changes. We used both tipping and dragging (as our CG meant tipping sometimes preceded slipping). With all our off-season drivetrains, we're setting up weighted testbed chassis and switching in wheels/treads on carpet, polcarbonate and polypropylene (approximation for polyethylene).

Do you have any results you can share?

-John