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Re: Infinity Drive
The idea is actually how the transmission in the prius works. They used a CVT to change the ratio of the ring gear. This means that you can actually get both reverse, stationary, or forward movement with the same input speed.
In the case of the infinity device I didn't see it but based on what has been said I can guess how it works. One motor is used to turn the input shaft to the bane bot and the other is used to turn the gear box itself. In this case it does provide the full torque and power of both motors, however since only one motor needs to back drive to allow this system to fail its does reduce the usefulness of this system. The advantage of 217's transmission was that it used a worm gear to turn the ring gear. This meant that if the other motors stalled then the CIM would get the largest reduction and the other two motors couldn't back drive.
At least that is what I have figured out.
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