What motors do you use to drive your robot?

[Atman]

We used the Atwoods last year with our two speed transmission and they seemed to work just fine. We are probably going to end up using them again. We had them geared just right and they gave us the power to push anyone we wanted around in low gear running at 4fps. Even in high gear we were able to push a lot of the competition around at 10fps. No problems with overheating. In years past we did use the drill motors and they were effective.

[Matt D]

In past years, we have gone with just the drills (2001, 2003). In 2002 we used the drills and the CIM's with a complex and heavy chain & sprockets transmission (We didn't have a machine shop).

Last year we just used the drills, shifted them with servos, and geared them down with chain. It worked well, although we had trouble overheating during the playoffs. We fixed that by cooling them with canned air (which is freezing cold).

It is much easier to go with just the drill motors.