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Re: Swerve Gear Box
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Originally Posted by davidthefat
Wouldn't that require more torque to rotate the gearbox because adding a motor onto the gearbox makes it much more massive.
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Module rotational inertia is pretty trivial compared to frictional resistance to rotation. The larger disadvantages of the self-contained approach include physical size, difficulty in adding shifting capabilities if they are desired, and limits to the module's rotation generated by the motor's wires. But none of these come close to making this design unworkable, and they've been used on many fantastic swerve designs, as Andrew mentioned.
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