Is this an autonomous (on-board powered) robot? Or does it have external (fixed) power? And are there other significant power requirements?
Obviously, if on-board powered, batteries are your only option, with some manner of a fixed charger for use when the robot is quiescent. If external, then the battery charger option will work.
One last question: If the robot is on-board powered, what will be the duty cycle, i.e., how long will the motor need full power?
hi,
As we also discussed, its necessary to have gearing for speed reduction in order to have effect torque at the LOW man carrier speed of 3km/hr. [I did watch your video of the competition and the robots are not fast]
There are a number of options, gears, belts etc.
Here is a place I buy stuff from fairly often. They have gearboxs, transaxels and loads of mechaincal things that may make your design work a whole lot simpler and eaiser! https://www.surpluscenter.com/home.asp
Maybe it's just me, but seems like this thread has drifted a bit from its topic.
Is that generally OK?
As you can see, I'm new to the site, and don't know a great deal about what constitutes "acceptable" form. And I sure don't want to step on any toes...