Bosch gearmotor specs

[GBCoder]

Is this Bosch gearmotor acceptable for the 2012 contest? My guess is yes since it was supplied in a previous year KOP.

[Tristan Lall]

Originally Posted by GBCoder

Is this Bosch gearmotor acceptable for the 2012 contest? My guess is yes since it was supplied in a previous year KOP.

Yes, with the caveat that your inspector may not recognize it—so try to find a FIRST document identifying the motor. Here's some information that may or may not help you convince an inspector that it's a legal motor.

The 2001 documents refer to both a Bosch (and here) and a Tiagene motor, but only depict the Tiagene (the image is labelled "Bosch", but the motor is not of the Bosch design). I think FIRST supplied two Bosch motors (with the wrong specs) instead of two Tiagenes (which had been provided the year before). They did not supply 188 with one of each. Actually, if I or someone else can track down 188's 2001 robot (Blizzard II), or an close-up image thereof, it would be reasonably easy to confirm which type was actually provided. (My recollection is that they were the Bosch van door motors, but I'm no better than 75% sure of that.)

In 1999, by contrast, there was both a Bosch and a Tiagene van door motor supplied (one of each; see here and here). Unfortunately, no part numbers were listed.

In 2003, the KOP checklist identified a Bosch van door motor with part number 6004FA0009. If you've got that number on the side of the motor, you're in the clear. (Except that that doesn't look like a Bosch part number...maybe it's a lot code?)