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Re: Will victor's break mode destroy gear box?

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Originally Posted by Trevor1743 View Post
So your saying that if we are standing still and a robot with a higher pushing force starts to push us we will push back until they reach a pushing force equal to our maximum pushing force. At which point we will be pushed backwards and our motors will stop working because we would have reached the motor braking torque.
Your motors would have to reach free speed and in that case, you are already being pushed faster than your motors maximum speed.

BRAKE mode won't BREAK your motors, and it won't keep you from being pushed, but it will drive a little bit different, and resisit slight bumps from other robots.
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