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Re: Gearbox for mechanism or appendage

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Originally Posted by ajlapp View Post
These drives are very cool...I've been working to create a useful one for about three years.

I haven't released a unit for FRC because of the immense challenges.

I won't detail them here, but I will tell you that we have a "large" box of failed iterations.

I've attached a picture of a 400:1 unit with a 2.5" OD and an 8mm CIM input.

Here is a video....these are from May 2013.

http://youtu.be/tJoWlCDmaLg
Very cool. If these ever came on the market, I'd definitely be interested. Way more compact than a planetary.
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