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Re: Lifting mecanisms

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Originally Posted by nskerven View Post
What would be the safest amount of weight a single CIM Motor could lift 20"? We can easily lift ourselves in just a few seconds but I don't know how hard it will be for the motor to lift us and a second robot at the same time.
3 sec x 200 watts is 600 Nm. A full weight robot is about 667 N so,
You could lift 1 robot 0.9 meters or 2 robots 0.45 (17.7")

Of course you need frictionless bearings and what not...

CIMs are somewhere between 200 and 300 Watts depending on battery voltage and ...