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Re: Balancing Bots
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 00:06:23 GMT
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alex wetmore <alex@=saynotospam=phred.org>
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From: "Dave Johnson" <djohnson@sirius.com>
> Second, To make the reaction speedy, I basically have to gear up the
> motor, but power suffers (and correcting from a large off-angle requires
> power AND speed). Has anyone ever tried driving the same axle with 2
> motors simultaneously? That seems like it would be ideal, but I know the
> motors are never identical and having them "fighting"each other would be
> a bad idea. Maybe some sort of differential arrangement...
You can easily do this with a differential. Use it the opposite way of the
way that it is used in car models. Hook each motor up to the side of the
differential, and then run your wheel off of the gear built into the
differential body.
alex
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| I'm working on a 'bot that will balance itself, and having pretty good success (it will keep itself up for 30 seconds or so on a good run, traveling around a bit, before it falls over). But I'd like to make it more stable, if possible, so that I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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