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Originally Posted by Scott Kozutsky
Of course you could go faster with 50% more cims than back in the day (tumbleweed was restricted to 4). My friends team had a ~40lb robot (if his tales are to be believed) with 4 cims driving a solid rear axle using an omni wheel in front to steer. It didn't compete because of politics but apparently it was much faster than tumbleweed.
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Tumbleweed's drivetrain was impressive not only for its speed but also it's ability to play defense, both aspects which they used as an integral member of thei rchampionship winning alliance.
"But from a real life standpoint, that looks like something the evil villains in a superhero movie would use to get around in"
Reading the phrases "real life" and "evil villains in a superhero movie" in the same sentence makes me giggle. - Alan Anderson [more] 
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