weight distrabution - Chief Delphi

02-03-2009, 22:15

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Re: weight distrabution

I suspect that having more weight on the forward wheels will make it harder to turn. The robot will tend to try to pivot around a point farther forward, making it try to slide the trailer hitch sideways. Weight on the back wheels will tend to put the pivot point farther back, doing a better job of keeping the trailer from resisting the turn.

The TechnoKats' robot has its center of mass extremely far back, and it turns great.

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