Multiple Motors

[Hinkel Y.]

Originally Posted by phrontist

So what are the various schemes for using multiple motors to drive your robot? Specifically using the drill motor's and chiapuas together to get better torque/speed. I am asking because my team intends to use this design as part of our tranny next year. Is it possible to add another gearbox that shifts between the two motors, or do you just gear the chia down? I'm really confused and I'd like to hear a comparison between the various approaches, and what everyone think's is the best. I'm also asking because I want to create the FIRSTwiki entry for multiple motor drivetrains (though I'd be delighted if someone more knowledgeable stepped up to do it, or any FIRSTwiki entry for that matter.)

Don't quote me on this, but the it you have to have two secton for the gearbox. One having a single output after you sync the two motors. Then the ouput shaft connects to the shifting part of the gearbox. Our Gearbox here has two sections or you could say, "two gearboxes". One section (on the right) just syncs the three motors together and then having a single output... Then the other section (on the left) has the output shaft from the right section connected to other gears that have in a total of four gears in that section to shift. We use a "dog" to engage the two gears on the bottom.