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Re: Help tracking down a possible cause for robot disconnects
It sounds to me like the motors are drawing too much current when climbing. What type of surface were you driving on at the demo? Do you have any practice defense you could try driving on? Maybe make a ramp the same size as the defense and batter ramps(if you don't already have them) and drive on/over them. Put a bigger platform at the top if necessary so you can park on it, then drive down. Try different ramps that are longer, shorter, steeper, not as steep, different surface, etc. and see how that affects it. If possible, watch the wheels when you test it to see if any slow down. Assuming you have two CIMs on each side(four total), try it with just one(two total). Running one on each side and switching each and/or testing the CIMs outside of the robot couldn't hurt. What gear ratio are you using? Changing it if possible might help.
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