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Re: The in-wheel swerve shifter!

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Originally Posted by jbsmithtx View Post
Would you then have to put some sort of brake system on your roobt? or would you simply have to spin the wheels the other direction to get them to slow down?
Interesting question; I hadn't considered that.
To slow down...
hm...
when you stopped down the cim, the shifter would shift into the other gear and then stop. Merely slowing it down would cause the angled faces on both sides to push the dog around I think, until the robot decelerated to the speed of the dog? Or does the motor actively force a deceleration by contacting the other mating gear/hub? I need to visualize this.
I need to think on this one. Very insightful of you.