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Abstract

An endless track is for use with a mobile robot and includes a belt, a plurality of chamfered cleats, a plurality of holes and a dual v-guide. The belt has an inner surface and an outer surface. The plurality of chamfered cleats, each have a contact surface. The chamfered cleats are attached to the outer surface defining an attachment area, and the contact surface is shaped such that when the track is laid on a flat solid surface, each chamfered cleat contacts the flat solid surface with less area than the attachment area. The plurality of holes in the belt are disposed between the chamfered cleats and are shaped to allow teeth of a drive sprocket pulley to pass through and to engage the belt for transmitting force from the sprocket pulley to the belt. The dual v-guide includes two elongate, parallel protrusions which are spaced laterally from each other and are attached to the inner surface.

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First Claim