When designing a robot, sometimes we may want to build a fast robot that needs to get to its objective quickly. At other times, we may want a powerful robot. For instance, maybe the robot needs to push a heavy object, push another robot, or climb a steep hill. When it comes to a robotic arm, we might be trying to lift a heavy object slowly or lift a small object quickly.
However, we cannot have both speed and power. There is a trade-off here—if you increase one, you decrease the other. This trade-off is called the law of conservation of energy.
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