Thread: Cycloidal Gearboxes, a game changer?
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Unread 11-06-2015, 13:42
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Re: Cycloidal Gearboxes, a game changer?
These are really cool, and definitely something I'd love to see used on an FRC robot at some point.

However, I'm not seeing any major gap they fill in terms of already available COTS items. Small footprint, high reduction gearboxes are already available in the versaplanetaries, and other COTS options offer similar advantages.

I suppose if you needed a gearbox for a very small area with a large reduction that cannot be backdriven, but I feel that would be a very small number of potential teams/robots.

Where would you see this used? Robot arms/elevators come to mind as the main area, but there are numerous other options.

So, IMO, a cool thing I would't mind seeing as a COTS option, but not a game-changer.

EDIT: I've been informed that I'm wrong. Disregard above.
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