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Re: 1918 NC GEARS 2012 Robot

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Originally Posted by lynca View Post
My favorite robot of the season so far !

The roller arm has a hypnotic effect, What motor gearbox do you use for the roller arm ?
IIRC, we use a single BB P60 for the roller arm at a 64:1 reduction ratio. The extended arm is driven by a pneumatics tube (the orange thing) being powered by the roller claw inside the frame perimeter.
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2009: 5 Events, 60-25-2. 1 District Win, 3 Finalists
2010: 4 Events, 51-13-6. 1 District Win, 1 Regional Win, 1 Finalist
2011: 4 Events, 58-18-4. 2 District Wins
2012: 4 Events, 46-25-0. 1 District Win, 1 Finalist
Total: 17 Events, 215-81-12. 308 matches in 4 years

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