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Re: What motors do you use to drive your robot?
Ok, I will let everyone in on our team secret. We use the globe motors for our drivetrain, and they work great, but you have to give them... ummmm..
special treatment!
before each match we soak them in liquid hydrogen to get their core temp down to 3°K, which is almost low enough to become superconductors
but once they start to spin, the airflow over the coils causes a windchill factor of -7°K so they superconduct - we get about 4HP out of each one, and once you apply a current to it, it keeps running (because of the supercondution) until you reverse it. Therefor they actaully consume almost no power at all.
:c)
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