so right now im working on optimizing and building my robot, and seeing other robots at competitions, there is one thing that all good robots have: wings for pushing the triballs. Ive noticed that many, if not all of them, use pneumatics to extend the wings, but I dont think this is a good way of using resources.(Pneumatics would be much better used for endgame climbing in my opinion.) Anyway my question is how can I best use motors to make these wings and make them work similarly to that of the pneumatic powered wings? I have a couple ideas, but all of them require stronger motors. I believe there are smaller motors that do not count for a full motor, but I dont know how strong they are or how consistent they can be. anyone have any ideas?
I’ve seen several robots in my area use a 5.5 Watt motor for vertical wings. The wings mechanically consist of moving the wings down, and since they are not moving on the horizontal plane, the wings can lock and are strong. All depends on the builder, but here’s an example from YouTube. They use pistons, but I’m sure you could use motors in some way shape or form. (string?)
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There is no limit on how many pneumatic cylinders you can have, only tanks, so as long as you have enough pneumatics it is a much better use of resources then using a motor.
This year the 5.5 watt motors were made legal, and they work the same as a normal 11w motor, but they are a little under half as strong and have a max speed of 200 rpm. They also don’t support motor cartridges or high strength axles. Any idea you have which would work with the stronger motors should work with the weaker motors, assuming you don’t need the a ton of strength
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