Friction Puzzle - Chief Delphi

05-01-2009, 04:02

Leav

Spud Gun Division

AKA: Leav Oz-Ari

FRC #3316 (D-Bug)

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Join Date: Dec 2004

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Location: Technion, Haifa, Israel

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Friction Puzzle

This is a thought experiment I'm trying to carry out, but so far unsuccessfully.

imagine a square robot with 4 wheels , where the weight is distributed evenly between the wheels.

the wheels are in the following configuration
(lines are chassis, *** are wheels)

Code:

_________
|  ***   |
|*      *|
|*      *|
|__***___|

now imagine you power only two of the wheels, the right-most and left-most for example.

will the robot move?

-Leav

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