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This is our first gear train. It was basically our first
crack at designing one. However, with this one, I had the
wrong idea in mind. I was thinking we wanted to get as
many rotations as possible on the output axle with as little
rotation as possible from the drive axle.
What we ACTUALLY wanted was the reverse, as little strain
on the motor as possible so that more torque would be
available. Thus "gearing down" we could attain this. |
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Here are some more little contraptions that we built.
The far left was the concept for the wheel unit. This would
serve as the base. The second from the left is the gear train
seen above.
Basically just playing with legos to get ideas.
The third thing to the right is a motor mount. A legoized
motor could be placed inside and used to drive the 24 tooth
gear or the 40 tooth gear. |
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Derek's first arm. The concept was such that when deployed,
the arm would not drag but roll thereby reducing forces of
friction.
Interesting no? |
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Here lies the first crack at making our wheel unit. As you can
see, each wheel would boast its own vertically built gear train.
The problem with this design was first,
the wheel unit would be much too wide.
If we had two of them,
when the orientation of the wheels is lined up in a one
line state, our chicken would be much to large. The whole
contraption must fit into a 12 X 12 X 12 container. |
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