We do some stuff around the office just for fun once-in-a-while. One of these projects resulted in this set of Vibebots, built by Grant McKee. Simple, a bit noisy, but FUN!
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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