GM2 Modifications

Dave Hrynkiw
August 29, 2002

Our GM2 gearmotors are powerful, and just a bit slower than a standard servo, making them ideal for a walker. But for you folks who like wheeled robots, these are simply too slow.

Solarbotics' own Grant McKee to the rescue! We barely had the motors opened 10 minutes before Grant figured out that these motors (the GM2 in particular) were able to be hacked into a much speeder 14:1 ratio down from their original, very torquey 224:1.

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