I appreciate the advice everyone has given so far.
My first course of action is going to be to try and rally the mechanical mentors on the team and make the motor changes we had planned on earlier, including moving 2 CIMs to the drive base.
If that doesn't work or I can't get enough support, we will try changing the sprockets on the wheel to larger ones to lower the ratio. Since that seems like a substantially less time consuming job, this seems like a likely route if I can't find the support to change the motors.
Again, thank you everyone for all the help. I will be doing more research Thursday, as well as talking with mentors about getting things in gear for upgrades.
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Originally Posted by FrankJ
Was the robot ever able to climb the ramp? If this is new then look for something wrong. Cims are very reliable, but they can be burned at by extended use at high loads. (Which is beyond their design spec)
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The robot used to be able to climb the bridge reliably. It can still climb it on occasions, but the failure is more frequent.
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Originally Posted by bardd
Also, if the CG is a bit closer to the left (and the overload theory is correct), it might explain why the left gives out more often than the right.
A related long-shot: do you have a turret?
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We do not have a turret. Part of the issue I think we are having is that the shooter is largely integrated with the body of the robot (see
picture), and most of the shooter hardware is over the left side. I don't really think it's a coincidence.