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Electronics => Electronics => Topic started by: vinay_bharath on August 22, 2013, 12:52:33 PM

Title: measuring the load on the wheels
Post by: vinay_bharath on August 22, 2013, 12:52:33 PM

can any one give me a simple way to measure the vertical load on the rear wheels of my bot(approx3kg)
tnx in advance

Title: Re: measuring the load on the wheels
Post by: newInRobotics on August 23, 2013, 12:18:52 AM

If Your bot weight is equally distributed (which is commonly not the case), then load on rear wheels is 1.5kg. One way to figure it out is to simply weigh rear side by placing rear wheels on scale and raising front wheels of the ground to make boot levelled.