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Re: Clearifications on our 'bot
Posted by Greg Mills.

Engineer on team #16, Baxter Bomb Squad, from Mountain Home and Baxter Healthcare.

Posted on 2/15/2000 9:09 AM MST


In Reply to: Clearifications on our 'bot posted by nuts4first on 2/15/2000 7:04 AM MST:



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The problem may be in the design - the four wheels that far out cause alot of sliding on the carpet to make a turn. It takes alot to slide the wheels sideways on the carpet. Every turn requires some degree of 'sliding' while a 180 or 360 really works the motors. I dare say that if you had room to run straight for five minutes that the motors would not heat up.

We used a similar drive design in maybe '96 or '97 and had the same experience. I would just be very aware and try to be prepared with a quick change motor arrangement and/or cooling between rounds. We didn't have any failures but it was a point of concern. In the finals cooling time will become a problem, just be ready.


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