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  Re: More juice out of the standard motors.
 
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 (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  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 (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: More juice out of the standard motors.
 
(...) if there's enough space around you can add the rotation sensor on an auxiliary axle with an 8t gear, and an 24t gear on the direct drive axle. best, yaco\ (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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