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Re: Legged Robots
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Originally Posted by Rick Wagner
As a design rule of thumb, legs should only be used where wheels won't work. Legs are more complicated, slower, less powerful, and difficult to program. Wheels are simple, fast, and reliable.
There aren't many places where wheels or tracks won't work.
That said, it would still be cool to see a fast legged robot in a FIRST competition. Not saying it can't be done, it's just not for rookies.
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 We will see next year in the LA regionals who's team has the Fully Autonomous Possibly legged robot... I am going more toward wheel, but a wheel/leg hybrid sounds cool
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I GET that FIRST is about more than winning on the field. BUT... ...it is my experience that the great programs of the FIRST world almost always build on a foundation of competitive robots. Success on the field begets success in other realms. - Joe Johnson [more] 
12-04-2010, 20:07
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