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Re: Question about worm gears
In the past, teams I have been involved with have used worm gears. We've used them both in drive train and manipulator situations. I would recommend staying away from the drive train application only in the sense of using it to power your wheels. In the case of rotating your drive modules a worm gear should be feasable due to the loses in efficiency being less important in that part of the drive train compared to the actual powering of the wheels. One of the big trade-offs with worm gears however is the weight. You have to weigh the value of the worm gear vs. other gear reducing systems to determine if its necessary to put such a heavy system on the robot.
Best of luck,
Pat
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