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Originally Posted by Ginto8

If my understanding of a wheel's mechanics is correct, static friction from the wheels is the only force ever really pushing the robot, and slip occurs when the force from the motors exceeds that static friction. That contradicts what you're saying here:



Would that be correct? It seems counter-intuitive that force from a motor could overcome slip -- I'm imagining Lunacy-style wheels, where more force from the motors just meant more slip.

You are correct in that static friction is the only force pushing the robot. maybe slip is not the word I'm looking for. What do you call when the rollers spin, not the wheel itself. Slip of the ROLLERS is different than static friction being broken between the rubber and the carpet. When I use the term slip for the rollers I mean the rollers free spinning.