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Re: Robot Tipping issues

We designed ours with most of the weight at the end opposite where the game pieces go. We haven't driven it on carpet, loaded with game pieces yet, but the little bit of driving we've done in the shop so far makes it look like we'll be ok.
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Re: Robot Tipping issues

We calculated our center of gravity and focused everything that is above the chassis to be centered around it.
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Re: Robot Tipping issues

It's all about designing with the cg in mind. Probably 3/4 of our weight is within what would normally be considered the bumper zone. Most of the rest is close to that as well. The battery, two CIM's, and the compressor are all located as far back as possible to help counterbalance the weight of a stack of totes, and we built a U shaped robots so the totes are almost halfway inside what would normally be considered the frame perimeter when we pick them up.

Our robots have never tipped over in a match, not even when those bridges in Rebound Rumble would occasionally tip too soon and put us up to 70+ degrees.
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