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Re: Moving NXT motors by hand
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lugnet.robotics.nxt
Date: 
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

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 (...) (17 years ago, 28-May-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)

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