Thanks, bud.
One of the simplest helpers to torque is to chain all of the wheels together so they share the same motor power. That way, when more torque is required all three motors can compensate a wheel that needs more torque than the rest. As for climbing up when you feel like something is slipping, one of the greatest common denominators is center of gravity. Lowering your center of gravity (by either adding more weight toward the bottom or finding ways to remove weight that brings the CoG down) can help reduce slippage by allowing your robot to put more of its weight on the wheels and grounding the robot.
Yeah off topic but I’ll humor you.
Basically the entire design of the 1023 robot in 2015. The pneumatic forks for the totes was a “dumb idea” the passive floating Can holder that reached above our not full height elevator “wouldn’t work” and the basic tether ramp was “stupid”.
Fun fact: 148’s season average was 148pts that year. 1023’s was 149pts.
The Robot Wrangler in 2018. That linked video was what people thought about it after we proved it to work. Just imagine what some people thought during the idea phases.
Actually, in both cases. I had some of the most motivated students working on these mechanisms. Most of them now are nearly through college or already graduated. Some as engineers, doctors, and lawyers. And here I am still playing with robots.
I gotchu 
Alright, back to the robot not driving up the Platform. @anon4126930 has the right idea.
Given what you just said, would the red arrow (and its purple component) in @Sidoti’s pictures be longer if the CG was higher? What parts/materials are usually used to add weight to a robot?
Just as an aside about iterating a problem from lego-verse:
