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Originally Posted by Eldarion
I ran across this while looking for new CVT technologies:
http://www.fallbrooktech.com/NuVinci.asp
They are trying to market this as an improved bicycle transmission, but I think it would be really cool on a FIRST robot. 
I wonder how much these will cost (they are not yet in mass production), but if they are for bicycles, I would think that they should be rather inexpensive?  |
It would be terrible for a robot.
CVT has no way of preparing for an impact such as 2 robots crashing into each other.
100% of the time you would lose a pushing match against a geared robot.
I know from experience, my moms SUV has CVT and ive pushed it to its limits out at Laguna Seca Raceway.