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Originally Posted by nathannfm
Why don't you like it exactily? I think a flat configuration like this at least from a total robot packing components standpoint is ideal, I wish there was a COTS option with a configuration similar to this.
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I am in love with the packaging as well, but there are too many compromises necessary to make it fit like this.
-The gear ratios are close together, and they're not really adjustable.
-You would have to take a standard 64t gear and cut a ball shifter bore in it.
-It requires two expensive bearings that are 0.75" id 1" od.
-two of the motors go through 1 or 3 stages of gearing, and the other goes through 3 or 5 stages of gearing.
-It's heavier than my other gearboxes.
It would definitely be cool to build one, and you wouldn't find a gearbox with a lower COG, but I think my other designs are a lot closer to ideal for my team.
It seems ironic to me that a robotics competition would come down to human error, which is precisely what the field of robotics attempts to prevent. - David8696 [more] 
10-12-2014, 17:11
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