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Re: 8 MINI-CIM SWERVE

This little challenge has been posed before, but I think it's worth posing again.


Use every motor allowed (or as many as needed) in ONE gearbox. This gearbox could then shunt power to any use on the robot--drivetrain, shooter, arm, intake, whatever--via gears and belts. Imagine having 6 CIMs, a bunch of 775s and/or 550s, the full complement of BAGs, and some PG71s all powering drivetrain... or arm... or whatever...


This is, after all, the sort of thing used to power machine shops in the way olden times: one power source, every tool has a belt off of that source and a clutch to disengage itself...
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