Rookie Team Redesign

[joelg236]

Originally Posted by IKE

Shocks or impacts are likely what is killing your gearboxes. Every bump causes really high torque back into the arm. My recommendation is to remote the gearbox from the arm. A low pivot "hip joint" on the front side would reduce loads. Using sprockets to drive it. Or possibly setting it up as a winch off the back.

A winch would limit our range of motion (since the arm needs to go all the way back for bins). I'm intrigued by the idea of reducing shock, since we have lots of spare belts and some sprockets, so it would just be a question of mounting. I'll be trying this today.