Chapter 2 pretty much starts by giving us the layout of gears. What are they? Well we all know what gears are.
The next thing we talk about in this chapter is teeth counting to the number of teeth on the gears. Also if you have to different gear it does matter if you were you but the gears like if you but the bigger gear on the motor and the smaller gear on the wheel axle the robot will move faster but on the other hand if you but put it on the opposite way the robot will move slower, the reason that the robot will move faster it the gears are installed the first way is because it’s able to turn the wheel more times.
We also talked about gear train and gear ratios. Gear train gives you a lot of power, mainly because you trade the same velocity as you do torque. Gear ratios are important because everything needs to fit in right you can’t have any gear slippage because then you can mess you’re gears up and the Axel or anything else up on the robot.
There was also the clutch gear which is used to help prevent damage on the robot when it started to exceed the limits. The clutch gear also automatically disengages the motor of the toque become to high.
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14 years ago
Great Post!
ReplyDeleteI liked the way u explained the simple gear configurations on a robot, very very simple.
I also believe the gear ratio is significant to the robot's safety, as a wrong gear ratio could result in gear and axle damage and well nobody wants that to happen.
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