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Originally Posted by JALV
I was looking through some Chief Delphi threads for history on how the FRC technology has developed over the years and I noticed that the motors have not changed much in recent time.
How long has the CIM ben around?
I noticed that there was a Bosch drill motor from years ago, why did they discontinue it in FRC?
Do you think there is room for a new company to develop motors and improve upon what has already been proven over the years?
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Just last season (2013) we added the BAG motor and MiniCIM which were huge improvements. I'm pretty sure we have all the motors we need now. I haven't see to many robots that use all of the 200+W motors that are legal (6 CIMs, 4 MiniCIMS, 4 BB775/550s). Unless they decide to change a lot of the rules to allow stepper motors or brushless motors, I'm pretty satisfied with the brushed motor options available to teams.