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Re: Team Titanium 1986 - 2015 Robot reveal

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Originally Posted by Jaywalker1711 View Post
How did you guys get your wheel tote grabbing arms to work so brilliantly well? We have a similar motored design, but it isn't nearly as good. How do they move so slowly and in unison?
The intake wheels are driven at a modest speed by two relatively powerful motors (RS775's on 64:1 Banebots planetaries) This gives a strong and steady traction speed with no stalling, which provides the performance you mentioned. Excess speed can lead to slippage, and lack of traction torque.
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