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Re: What motors do you use to drive your robot?

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Originally Posted by Andrew
I was actually joking about using eight motors (counting the globes) in a drive system. Aside from the current draw thing, there would hardly be any motors left to do anything else or any weight allowance.
Oh, I figured you meant Globes instead of F-Ps (i.e. still six-motor) actually, but eight motor has been done before, sort of.

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Originally Posted by Andrew
On the current draw thing, up to a point, as you add motors (especially in the drive system) there is a tendency to balance the load among the motors and run each motor at a lower current draw.
Yeah this is supposedly the case, but I think the difference is pretty negligible.
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