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Re: Prototype Small Wheeled Shooter

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
Sorry, I thought you were still tweaking it, that's all. I didn't realize you already had it hooked up to a motor controller and were able to try reducing speeds by changing the voltage. If you mentioned that in an earlier post, I missed it.



No we are still tweaking, we just use our previous robot and extension cables with Anderson Powerpoles. That way we have a quick way to get joystick control of motors. We unplug the drive train and use one side for each motor. Anderson quick connects make the prototyping go much faster. It's also safer so we have the protection of the breakers and we can disable from the driver station.

Latest shooter video is up on the blog. Not much changed expect it is now two BAG motors and the blue wheels are the only ones contacting the discs. We'll probably use all Blues since they seem to wear down less and we like the color a little better.
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