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boe-bot's servo's & wight?

DanowDanow Posts: 10
edited 2014-03-08 21:53 in Robotics
Boe-Bot, I was thinking of making a small garbage can in to a boe-bot. And wanted to use a small garbage-can. But I like to know how much wight servo's on a boe-bot can carry?

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  • Duane DegnDuane Degn Posts: 10,588
    edited 2014-03-04 16:28
    I doubt there is a set figure for how much a BOE-Bot can carry. A BOE-Bot weighs about 400g. I added 1 kg to my BOE-bot it it obviously had to work harder but it managed okay. The BOE-Bot could probably still move with 2 kg but I doubt the motors would last long.

    I think it's a trade off between how long the servos will last verses how much weight they have to carry. My gut tells me anything over 500g will likely shorten the life of the servos. But heck, it shouldn't be too expensive if you had to replace the servos.
  • DanowDanow Posts: 10
    edited 2014-03-08 16:12
    Thank's for the info. Dane Degn
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-03-08 21:53
    If you want to load up the servos, change to larger 1/4 scale servos, preferably with dual ball bearings. You can modify many of them for continuous rotation, see http://www.servocity.com/html/rotation_modification_difficul.html
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