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Originally Posted by MAteo9944
The problem with worm gears is in the efficiency. They are usually about 60-70% efficient as opposed to the 95% efficiency of a miter gear. Some worm gears are even as low as 20% though I have also seen 98% reported.
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Depending on the game and strategy, the resistance of worm gears to being back driven may be advantageous, or a significant disadvantage. However, I think it would take a lot of strategy advantage to make up for the loss in efficiency.
And it would make it about impossible to push the robot around without turning it on and having the controls. Since it usually has to go in the back of my truck to go to demos, etc. I would really hate that
