Magnetic Minibots and How You Can Do it Too

[Gdeaver]

This year many teams have focused on KJM magnetics to stick the mini bot on the pole. Magnets can have other uses on our robots. Some times teams have a device that can lock up, jam, or bind resulting in a broken gear train or smoked motor. Take some KJM magnets, add some design creativity and you can have a very cheap and effective magnetic slip clutch. Why would a magnetic slip clutch be better than a classic friction clutch? Keep this thought in your back pocket for future years.