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16-01-2009, 10:07

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Re: 4WD vs. Chain Drive

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Originally Posted by squirrel

No need to have the wheels driven independently to do this, the wheels on each side of the robot will slip about the same amount (in the forward direction).

Your assumption, here, is that the weight of the robot is roughly equal on all wheels. This assumption may, or may not, be true, and will give different results with different CoM.

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