[mtaman02]

I witnessed a V884 Blow out but the funny part was only part of it went. The Device that was being used refused to go in reverse but it went forward just fine the only problem is is that it refused to stop once you got off the sticks. =) needless to say after about an hour of looking through the programming and looking at the things that were being used (Motor, Wiring etc..) it was finally determined that a speed controller went. Those involved in the troubleshooting as well as myself are still stumped as to how the V884 blew.



One idea of how it happened is that the V884 when it was going forward (while no one was paying attention) the little stopper on the device we were using went passed where it had to be and couldn't go any further and the speed controller just overloaded or something and blew out part of its function - I don't know if this could be true or not.

The other idea is that something got into the speed controller, a piece of metal perhaps and shorted things out. Kinda hard to believe espicially the team involved is fairly a safety conscious team, let alone a clean team (nothing loose in the robot to cause unwanted behaviors, let alone no robot welding, drilling or cutting while there are electronice in place unless covered properly)