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Re: Diffrent Transmission Advantages

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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
Do they work in the right situation? Sure? Would we use them again in that situation? Yes, but we'd prefer to use something else if we had a choice.
I would personally have to disagree, although I didnt work with the exact transmission you were talking about. We have used the banebots transmissions successfully in our last two robots for the drivetrain. We used the dual-CIM gearbox and transmission setup both times. When they were first introduced we never actually had problems, but did elect to change out the transmissions with the new replacements that were sent. But again, we never saw problems ourselves. This past year we had great success with them, and saw absolutely zero issues with our drivetrain. We like them a touch better because they are low to the chassis (AM are taller), and also just because we spent a lot of time getting familiar with them, and they worked with encoders that we knew and trusted. Switching sensors was not something we wanted to do last year, and proved to our benefit as our programmers already had experience. I dont have enough experience with the AM's to compare the two, but while everyone seems to remember the Banebots issues when they first came out, I know the AM's had the cracking issue too... all engineering really needs to be really beaten on by a lot of people before you find the true issues.

That said, in my experience both have exceptional customer service. We called up banebots to order our transmissions last year and they told us about all the improvements they made and asked us a good deal about how we used them. On top of that we were buying the encoders, and they were in the middle of trying to improve them as well as make them cheaper, and asked me a whole bunch of questions on what I needed out of them, what types of resolution I would need to see, how did we use them etc. I was very thrilled that they were very interested in what their customers wanted and were actively working to improve their products. I also happen to know that AM does the same. We bought their plastic omni wheels in our second year, and while they worked beautifully, they started cracking right at the end of our build season. Andy worked with us to figure out the problem and get us replacement parts, and we tested several different parts for him. We have bought the metal omnis since then and havent seen a single issue.

In my mind, look at what you are designing, see what space and weight limits you have, and buy the transmission that fits your design.
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