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Subject: 
Moving NXT motors by hand
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Date: 
Mon, 28 May 2007 18:11:41 GMT
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Hi:

Sometimes my son and I move the NXT motors by hand, for instance, by attaching
something to the holes in the orange hubs to act as a crank. We wonder if that's
bad for the motors.  Does anyone have an opinion?

Regards,
John and Will



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Moving NXT motors by hand
 
Hi John, I would not think so, as the NXT's own construction guide has a pick and place (blue ball, red ball) robot, that has hand cranks to move it into position. Danny (...) (17 years ago, 28-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
  Re: Moving NXT motors by hand
 
(...) John, there are a lot of people using the NXT motors this way, just to get the feedback from the built-in rotation sensors. The best example would be the MDPers who built one joystick with a NXT kit to control a moving vehicle made with (...) (17 years ago, 28-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)

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