Thread: 8 Drive Motor Robot
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Unread 24-04-2002, 23:11
Joe Taylor Joe Taylor is offline
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Ours is the 8+ motor drivetrain! (actually it uses 10)
Yes, we made a drivetrain that used 10 motors and 4 pneumatics. the system had 4 independant wheels, each of which had a motor for "crab" style steering (2 window motors and two globe motors) the two rear wheels were powered with the atwood motors, and the two front each used a drill motor and a fisher price motor together (with some code limiting the power output of the fisher price motor so the speeds would match). each "wheel" was actually a short tank tread, and the pneumatic was used to retract the tread so only one point of it was touching the ground during "crab mode" steering. right now the system is all taken apart for some reworking with new treads, but when it's back up i'll take some pics for those who haven't seen it.