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Re: Robot climbing times
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Originally Posted by Siri View Post
Stupid questiin I guess -- What happens if you try the Simbotics-in-Breakaway route and use all 6 CIMS? Or do you just blow a breaker?
The realistic power requirements to climb aren't that crazy for the motors we have available. Just for grins I calculated that using max power from two CIMs (~674W) a 150lb robot could be lifted 60in in 1.5s. Assuming a 50% drive loss that's still only 3s. So, unless you botch the gearing from 6 CIMs, I doubt there will be any issues.

I don't think that the power requirements are the challenge of climbing. The actual mechanism will be the challenging part (to state the obvious).
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