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Re: More juice out of the standard motors.
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Date: 
Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:19:32 GMT
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I think the best solution is to use NO gears.  Without the additional
friction of the gears and axles through beams, the motors are surprisingly
powerful.  I have had very good experience with direct drive robots.  I
suggest that you experiment with different wheel sizes until you get the
right power to speed that you need.

Gus



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  Re: More juice out of the standard motors.
 
(...) The original supplicant wanted to use rotation sensors - so I guess direct drive is out. I guess you can use an axle extender and use the sensor as a bearing - but you won't get a very precise position reading if you can only sense position (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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  More juice out of the standard motors.
 
Hello I'm trying to make a robot go as fast as possible, but it seems that the power of the engines are stopping me. I own one RIS kit and nothing more. Can i add some more batteries or something? -- Magnus Fasting E-mail: pleboy@online.no Icq: (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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