pic: Team 192 teaser
 

Re: pic: Team 192 teaser
 

Why are your CIMS sideways? Considering how difficult bevel gears are to manage, why would you do this instead of a typical spur gear based gearbox?

Re: pic: Team 192 teaser
 

I think it is a worm gearbox.
The sideways cims eat up less space into the middle of the chassis making it a more compact setup.
Very nice.

Re: pic: Team 192 teaser
 

Is that a gearbox-less drill I see in the background?

Re: pic: Team 192 teaser
 

We like to cut Black and Decker drills in half and wire up anderson connectors to them to drive various motors (sometimes including the motor cut off the drill) for quick testing. Done right, the direction switch stays intact too, but sawing a drill in half isn't always easy to get right. They really get a lot of use once we have motors mounted to things, but don't have access/time for a control system.

Re: pic: Team 192 teaser
 

So 192 has worm gearboxes... That's interesting! Can't wait for SVR and CVR if you're going!

Re: pic: Team 192 teaser
 

The gear box was project of some of the students. They did the research and design by themselves. It looks better in person then in the picture.

For over a decade 192 has used 12 volt battery drills as power sources. This gives you a variable voltage reversible polarity hand held power source. We use Anderson power pole connectors on all of our motors. This allows us to run any motor without powering the whole robot or to run tests of components on the work bench. Two will run the four motor drive train for a short bit. It is best if you put at least a one foot lead for the connectors. The drill motors make great motors for design projects during the fall.