What I would suggest, is to get a good speedcube, and test the torque required to turn it, that's what I did for mine at first. I just grabbed a ruler, taped it on to a side of my cube, and put weights on the end until it turned. (since I didn't have weights I used 1 ounce bags of tea ;-) So that will give you a very rough idea of what it takes to turn the cube. The next step, would probably be to find a surplus store with cheap stepper motors, and try out a couple to see if they can turn the cube. For my robot, the stepper motors were $10 a piece, and they can not only turn the cube faces, but can do so at relatively high speeds.
Purely out of curiosity, what design are you thinking about for your robot? Hope that helps, -Evan Until next time, Happy Cubing http://www.deepcube.net On 12/24/05, pjgat09 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not sure if it would help, (I'm no good at this stuff) but there > is a powerpoint show in the files section that discusses cubing robots > and proposed prices. Check it out: > > http://f3.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/QBmuQ-rxNslZ7LS_qglZSUnEL0rYKvhR6gJVNLvu1RTqaKCK08tx3tNhFkw_aFar3QFSt3etQYEYtYb4_qLFTpdc6WRn/KENKEV1.ppt > or: > KENKEV1.ppt in the files section > > Hope that helps! > > Peter Greenwood > > --- In [email protected], "invisible000man" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hi, > > my friends and i are planning to attempt to build a cubing robot.... > > > > we were just wondering what motor would be good? > > logically, we were thinking that a low rpm, high torque motor would be > > preferable, but we aren't sure about the numbers (like specific rpm and > > torque values) > > > > also, does anybody happen to have an estimate for how much it will cost > > to buy all the supplies necessary to build the most rudimentary cubing > > robot? (start out without color recognition....using manual input > > instead) > > > > thanks! > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > - Visit your group > "speedsolvingrubikscube<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube>" > on the web. > > - To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > - Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > ------------------------------ > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
