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Re: Problem with old bot

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Originally Posted by kinganu123 View Post
Was fixing up an old bot and encountered a weird problem. All directions work but when going backward the robot just stops responding and requires a disable-reenable to start moving again. It's most probably an electrical problem and all other movements work fine so I have no clue what it could be. Anyone have any ideas?
Check each wire between a speed controller and a drive motor. One of them is likely shorted to the frame, and there is probably another frame connection elsewhere. The big things to worry about are the cRIO case and the Axis camera.

Your drive motors aren't the biggest BaneBots, are they? Those are notorious for developing internal shorts between the case and one of the terminals, apparently due to debris left over from manufacturing.