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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
We assembled the Kit Bot for early program module development, but are having troubles with traction with the stock wheelchair wheels. I suppose this is from a combination of low robot weight (bare minimum for bot to run mounted), and running the bot on a slick tile floor.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to get more traction from the stock wheels? We are planning on adding more weight over the driven wheels tomorrow, and possible putting zip ties around the wheels.
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I think the zip ties will be counter productive if you are trying to increase traction. Chuck up the wheels in a lathe and turn the "crown" off to make them flat. Cut some grooves across the face of the tread. If that isn't enough wrap some better traction material (wedgetop/roughtop) around the new flat wheels and glue it.
We've done that autonomous. After several years of refinement we decided to skip the information collection and just drive into the wall at the earliest opportunity. - Greg Young [more] 
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