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Re: I am very nervous
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Originally Posted by lineskier
The drive typically get values from 1 to -1. I was running at a .15 and .25. What I found was that with the older model battery, the robot would hardly be able to move. Where as with the newer one it would cook.
The motor speeds wouldn't change but the power would. Also our cims were geared way up. So the robot didn't have the torque to move at low speeds with an older battery. It seemed the difference between the batteries was enough to give it that extra bit of torque at low speeds.
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Interesting, has there been any data on the electrical characteristics of the new batteries? (I admit I haven't looked, been too busy trying to get my programmers to comment their Subversion entries!)
Matt
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08-03-2011, 21:12
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