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Re: pic: Team 148 Robowranglers: Swerve Module and Motors

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Originally Posted by CraigHickman View Post
Woah! Very nice!

It's nice to see the influence of such a prominent team, the Robonauts, displayed all around. Their idea of the V6 seems to have been simplified so wonderfully! I love how you rolled from their enormous system into such a small package.

Bravo!
Not to take anything away from the Robonauts, who clearly have a great design, but it seems like the decision to do what 148 did was simply out of necessity.

If you want to go 20 fps you need 6 motors.

If you need 6 motors and want to use a crab drive, you have to do coaxial crab.

If you want to save weight/complexity, you use 3 wheels.

If you use 3 wheels, you have to use all 6 motors in one gearbox.

I think both are each very much their own designs.
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Last edited by Cory : 24-02-2008 at 22:11.