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Post Re: use of electrical sliprings

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Originally Posted by dradius
so, what do you suggest from a personal standpoint instead of using bevel gears? we made a prototype, and there didnt seem to be too many issues. we were originally concerned with the amount of play in the gears, but it didn't seem too bad. then again, i havent made a fully functional robot with those kind of wheelbases.
I guess the alternative is really just using spur gears. As a disclaimer, I have never built a crab drive, but I've seen a lot of them, and they typically just have the motor swinging around, attached to the drive modual in line with a spur gear reduction set... or something like my fancy pants picture below will show:



Whew.. that's too much artwork for me. I need a nap.

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