Motors Locking Up (Answers Only)

[H4949]

For a while, my team has been experiencing an issue where multiple motors lock up once a single motor reaches a certain rotation (about 60°).

I’m pretty sure that the problem does not relate to any of the programming, since I’ve already looked through it several times.

Picture of the robot below:

Yellow = Motor that causes the locking
Green = Locked motors
Red = What we believe the cause is (Too much weight, causing the motors to freeze

)

[Foster]

I’d love to post just an answer. Please post your code, you would be impressed on how fast new eyes can find a problem.

You can run the motor from the brain and see if it works in a standalone mode.

Can we get a side view a little closer on the arm that you are trying to move?

[2775Josh]

What is this robot supposed to be doing? From the picture you can tell pretty clearly that the green traction wheels are rubbing against the metal (probably causing a lot of friction), but what is the purpose of that setup?

[VexTeamZ]

Appears to be an intake, from what I can see.

[turbodog]

You’re going to get my standard answer(s):

1. we need to see the code
2. you should have the non-drivetrain motors (flywheels, intakes, etc) display their stats to the brain (temp, rpm, degrees, watts)

You’d be amazed what you can learn from seeing the motor stats.