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Re: BaneBots

one way to prevent motors burning is to put in some software protection, if you have CAN on that motor you can limit the amount of sustained current eg, if more than 60 amps is going to the lift FP for more than .25 secs with no increase in speed, then kill it. we did this on two motors i believe, our roller and our lift, while the FP was a little harder to prevent from smoking, we stalled our roller every time we picked up a tube, and never had an issue with it.