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Re: anyone have any ideas about next years game?

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Originally Posted by davidthefat View Post
thats $$$$ 1 servo is like $15 rounded up, and you need 3 for each leg, so $45 per leg, then 6 legs = $270 JUST on servos
I don't think that 18 rc servos would move a 120 lb robot very far.

But, if you were to use cims (or FPs) in a closed loop positioning control, then you would have much more powerful servos.

(And it would be a reason to allow us more more motors on the bot (and drain the battery really fast))
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