20 Motor V5 Pushbot

Some of the old timers may remember this pushbot I built a few years back.

currently repurposed as a 20 motor test jig (only an 8 motor drive at the moment).

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Seems cool, but won’t the current limiting on the brain stop it from working well?

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Well, guess what I might be working on :slight_smile:

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are the motors geared to 600rpm?

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But… how? There are only so many amps of power on the brain. Are you modding batteries now?

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The drive is all 100rpm. Two motors per wheel (with the capability to add a third on this design). The other are a mixture, in this configuration not really doing anything, but in other configurations they drive dummy loads.

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That looks really cool!! How powerful do you think it will be when it will be done?

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Can you put some claws on it and drive it around worlds?

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The V5 battery (according to our own spec) can provide a maximum of 256W of power, that’s actually quite a lot.

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Then why even bother with current limiting in the first place?

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Jpearman’s next thread: How to travel around worlds In style.

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Featuring: 20M pushbot car

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Like this

(and no, that’s not me, it’s one of the VEX IQ super users, Simon Burfield)

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This is genius. I want one now

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Yes, I remember wanting to do that in starstruck but realized It was a waste of time and a lot slower than walking. But maybe with V5 and 600 rpm motors and a 100lb kid it could be as fast as walking.

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ok this is really cool.
20 v5 motors could probably theoretically carry a person at slow walking pace.

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If you had multiple brains you could have even more motors and a better power distribution

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Are the axles high strength?
With 20 motors this could probably carry at least 400-500 pounds, but the axles would bend a little at that kind of weight.

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Ok, just to clarify, I don’t actually plan on having all 20 motors driving the wheels, at most there would be 12, 3 motors per wheel. I posted the picture just because it looks a little ridiculous with all those motors mounted on such a small robot.

It’s also not designed to carry a human…

but if anyone wan’t to build one that would be cool.

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4 brains, 21x4 (84) motors (cause you don’t need a radio), $3940 + wheels and metal and you are not competing with car companies.

There will be joysticks that use potentiometers.

I really wish someone does that.

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