pic: Schreiber Take on West Coast Drive

[548swimmer]

Originally Posted by Jared341

I am struggling with why having a high CoG would prevent you from flipping in the event of a collision.

If anything, lowering the traction of your wheels would seem to do the most good since it would prevent your entire robot from becoming a lever arm rooted in the ground.

Think about free body diagrams. The forces always go to the center of mass (in this case, gravity), of the object. A CG directly in line with the bumper zone will create a force applied that is parallel to the ground. This eliminates the levering issue, as well as flipping.