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Re: Moving NXT motors by hand
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lugnet.robotics.nxt
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Tue, 29 May 2007 13:06:12 GMT
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At 04:59 PM 5/28/07, Jean-Marc Nimal wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics.nxt, John Watson wrote:
> > 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
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> 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 another.
>
> So if these guys do it, I assume it's pretty safe to say that it's no problem
> for the motors, as long of course as you make sure they are in "float" mode;
> that is, the NXT isn't trying to force them in a particular position.
>
> Then again, maybe said MDPers will have a more qualified advice; maybe they
> fried their motors already :-/
Well, I don't want to claim to be an expert, but I'll tell you what
I've done. I have a couple remotes that I've been using for over a
year, and I haven't had problems with them. One not only uses the
rotation sensors, but also uses the motors for force feedback.
Steve
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| (...) 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 (...) (18 years ago, 28-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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