Build a REAL Robot Episode 3 – Selecting Motors

In this third installment of the Build a REAL Robot series I will show you how to select DC gearmotors for your robot. I’ll also show you the motors I selected for my DB1 robot, and how they are mounted to the chassis.

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Selecting the proper motors for your robotic creation is a very important step – get it wrong and your whole design will suffer. I’m using DC gearmotors for my DB1 robot as they offer high torque and low RPM, two important qualities in a robot motor. They are also very affordable.

DC Gear motors have a multitude of specifications which can often be very confusing, especially since different manufacturers use different units to represent the same parameter. I’ll explain which parameters are the most important ones and what the different values mean.

I’ll also show you an excellent online resource that can greatly simplify the task of selecting the perfect motor for your robot.

You’ll find an article on the DroneBot Workshop website at https://dbot.ws/rbt003 that covers everything I mention here and will also give you links to the online resource and to the motors that I used in my design.

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