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Re: mindstorms NXT
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:58:02 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, John Barnes wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Ram Meenakshisundaram wrote:
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> > How would you create a rover-based robot with just three motors? I want to
> > design more complex rovers other than the two-wheeled plus caster designs.
> > Something like the shrimp for instance. The old rcx allows you to connect
> > multiple motors to the same port. Also, the motor port could be used for other
> > sensors and powering other things as well...
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> So you parallel motors on the same port to do different things? As opposed to
> using a single motor mechanically coupled to different things? Is this as a
> result of a single motor not being powerful enough? Or because the two
> paralleled motors are moving with respect to each other so mechanical
> distribution from a single more powerful motor wouldn't do it?
Or they are far enough apart or in a difficult arrangement so that a mechanical
link is impractical. (eg: moving WRT each other.)
ROSCO
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| (...) Right. You cant always do things mechanically as it would complicate the design and might be too far apart. Also, sometimes a single motor doesnt have enough power, so doubling it up helps.... Ram (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT
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| (...) So you parallel motors on the same port to do different things? As opposed to using a single motor mechanically coupled to different things? Is this as a result of a single motor not being powerful enough? Or because the two paralleled motors (...) (18 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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