 | | Re: Mars rovers use Lego principles? —Rob Syvertsen
| | | | 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)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Mars rovers use Lego principles? —steve
| | | | | (...) 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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