How good are your tires??

[Mike Norton]

Last year, in low speed, our robot could pull it's weight(130) with a goal (120 i think) with a 160lb engineer laying flat on the carpet floor holding the goal(talk about traction). And the thing is, we weren't even among the strongest robot at nationals.

Some teams out here have been working on traction for a long time. If you think you have a strong robot just look at the teams that put everything into their traction and motor train.

We were good in strong last year but was as strong as are track could hold. The Breco flex tracks do rip apart under high loads.

I think the best way of getting the most traction is by a track system. but it will take years of proving different design to come up with one that works.

Traction is good but a good driver will always win over a good robot.