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| Hey, isn't this the same principle the RCX uses to brake motors? I've never heard of it being used on larger robots. "On Spirit and Opportunity, the brakes are designed to keep the rover wheels from being bumped off course while driving. Dynamic (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| As far as I know, it's the standard process for implementing a brake. All the electric forklift trucks I drove used this method as the main brake. There was a mechanical emergency brake as well, but the main brake was to use the motor to generate (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Aside from the fact that it's a cheap technique (one relay replaces a whole slew of servos, hydrailics, brake pads and disks) - it also doesn't wear out like friction-based brakes do. For Mars rovers, the power recovery must be worth having - (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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