[ODE] Slip Friction Coefficients

[Erick Tryzelaar]

Hello all,

I am working on a robotic simulator project for my school thats built on 
top of ODE. Now, since we would like to use the platform to develop 
future robots, we need to know how physically accurate friction is, 
specifically for the slip friction. So my question is: are the numbers 
used for the slip based on real dynamic friction numbers, or are they 
more magic numbers you tweak to get a good looking simulation? If they 
are just magic numbers, it would greatly hinder what my project would be 
able to do, which would be unfortunate. So does anyone know?

Thanks all,

-Erick