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Due to the current limiting resistors I added to keep the current to around 40mA this Socbot doesn't move very fast. That is fine with me, but you may want something with a little more get up and go. If you do, I would suggest that you use transistors to drive the motors. This would allow you to apply full current to the motors and get a significant speed increase. At full power this thing would really scoot. However, an increase in current would also mean a decrease in battery life and they don’t last too long as it is.
Note that the socbot will travel towards the end where the batteries are. I wanted it to travel in the opposite direction but was not able to get it to do so. I think it has something to do with the weight distribution. I even bent the wire wrap socket leads in the opposite dirrection but it had no effect on the socbot's direction of travel.
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Due to the current limiting resistors I added to keep the current to around 40mA this Socbot doesn't move very fast. That is fine with me, but you may want something with a little more get up and go. If you do, I would suggest that you use transistors to drive the motors. This would allow you to apply full current to the motors and get a significant speed increase. At full power this thing would really scoot. However, an increase in current would also mean a decrease in battery life and they don’t last too long as it is.
Note that the socbot will travel towards the end where the batteries are. I wanted it to travel in the opposite direction but was not able to get it to do so. I think it has something to do with the weight distribution. I even bent the wire wrap socket leads in the opposite dirrection but it had no effect on the socbot's direction of travel.
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