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Unread 17-01-2007, 09:26
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Clutches

Our team finally has a robot together. We are using 4 wheel drive, with the motors directly driving the largest 5" wheels. The robot is fairly heavy.

In preliminary trials all worked well, even when we added extra weight. However, last night when we drove the robot around for just a few minutes, two clutches popped on one side and then the motors just spun.

Any ideas what our problem is?

Thanks,
Jon T
Team 3543
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