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Re: Motor for arm: what should be used when?

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
The robot has been shipped to another regional, but I can make a reasonable guess of around 25lb-ft
25 ft-lb = 4800 ozin at arm => (4800/380)/2 = 6.32 ozin at each motor

From the motor curves for RS775:

Code:
RS775 @ 12.0 volts:
   oz-in      Nm     rpm    rpm%    amps   watts out    watts in    eff%
     6.3   0.045   12272    94.4     6.6        57.3        78.6    72.9
12,272 rpm at motor = 194 degrees/sec at the arm.

A bit fast for the top end, but motors running nice and cool.



Throttle it down to 90 degrees/sec by reducing the motor voltage:

90 degrees/sec = 15 rpm at arm => 15*380 = 5700 rpm at motor

Code:
RS775 @  5.9 volts:
   oz-in      Nm     rpm    rpm%    amps   watts out    watts in    eff%
     6.3   0.045    5700    88.7     5.6        26.6        33.5    79.5
Still running cool, and the voltage is in a reasonable range for control.


How about stall?

Code:
RS775 @  0.7 volts:
   oz-in      Nm     rpm    rpm%    amps   watts out    watts in    eff%
     6.3   0.045       0     0.0     4.9         0.0         3.3     0.0
Very reasonable 3.3 watts dissipation.