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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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