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Re: Robo-Geriatrics
Well...boy do I have a dozy on the failures. It's not exactly "fatigue" failure, but we found out a little bit on Banebots 550 loads. With our new custom fab wheels weighing ~2lbs a piece, plus a steel shaft, steel pullies for the belt driving it all, and a 5:1 gearbox, we were probably overtaxing the system like crazy. Current life of a banebot in that system was about 3 matches, or about 2.5-3 minutes of continuous use.
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- Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but you don't know why. On our team, theory and practice comes together - nothing works and nobody knows why.
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