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Originally Posted by M. Mellott
How does the belt drive handle high torque situations, such as a pushing contest vs. another robot? Can it handle a high-torque transmission setup?
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A timing belt can handle any high torque job if it is sized properly. They power Harley motorcycles for Pete's sake. Just a matter of looking up the load rating of the belt, and estimating the load in your system. But these ratings only apply with sufficient wrap on the pulleys, which is also part of the belt specs. Keep in mind that your motor/transmission can only exert a certain amount of torque before it stalls, and the the wheels will only see a certain amount of torque before they slip on carpet. If your belt can handle these torques, its good.
We've done that autonomous. After several years of refinement we decided to skip the information collection and just drive into the wall at the earliest opportunity. - Greg Young [more] 
06-10-2010, 12:07
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