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Re: Passive vs Active Gearing

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Originally Posted by Bpk9p4 View Post
So what are people considering a passive vs active system.

1) Pushing the gear onto the peg further
or
2) Aligning the gear with something besides drivetrain
Our definition is that it just leaves the gear on the peg with some actuated mechanism. Our gear mechanism lines up passively without the drivetrain (the whole thing pivots and gives a little), but our gear box just opens and the gear falls forward onto the peg. When the robot backs away the gear stays on the peg because of its inertia. Robot picture
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