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12-01-2010, 01:19
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Re: Tank Treads
One of the biggest problems you'll find with treads is difficulty turning. In fact, 1718 had custom treads their first year that turned out to be a disaster. The treads were so sticky that they worked great when the robot was 40 pounds. When the team finished the robot the right before ship, they discovered that at full weight the robot would not turn. In fact if you tried to turn the treads would stay stuck linearly to the floor and the robot would drive right out of them.
Treads are NOT a trivial design excercise, and I would caution anyone against trying them without realizing you may have to make a very sizeable time and engineering investment (not to mention weight and cash) to make them work correctly. 
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