Build a Robot with Windshield Wiper Motors

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   What you have in embreo is a mobil multi-directional static-platform.

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   would a quadcopter controller board control the 4 motors…

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   @4:50 – Much appreciate the safety tip!

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   How about electric power steering from an auto

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   Excellent work, you are a very crafty guy considering.
   You went way beyond the perimeters that I would have made, mine would have been way simpler like cave man to what I saw you just do. Excellent.

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   This is a awesome build

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   How long these wind shield wiper motors can me run continuously on load and off load.Did u test ?

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   Well done. Very creative. Thank you.

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    Nice project! I know that this is an old video, nonetheless, I wonder if 2 of the 4 wheels could be simply casters with out controls or motors. The powered wheels would be at 2 corners. As I am imagining it you could still replicate any direction or manouver that 4X powered wheels could perform

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    nice project but i think one motor for steering is enough and all three wheels can connected by one chain belt

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    I'd like to build a one wheel version of this as a remote control tail dilly for an aircraft. However I'd like to add a clutch so that it can be moved by hand. Any idea of an affordable clutch assembly? Electromagnetic clutches are quite bulky and expensive. Some sort of spline collar maybe?

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    Is wiper motor is suitable to make electric wheel chair??

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    Now send this thing to Mars.

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    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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    Great job! May I suggest building a wiring rig from the ceiling of your workshop, with the wiring fed through a long extended spring, to allow top down attachment to your test devices, and reducing the trip/obstruction hazard. You could possibly even add connectors at the end of the wires. Maybe 10 lines?

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    I would let the connector without welding because you couldn't align both Axels perfectly and the connector will absorve these miss alignments when the shaft rotates. And avoid side load on bearings

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    I have an idea for an invention that could make millions…be nice to see you give it a go

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    Warum hast du Siegfried Wagner in der Playlist?

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    Great presentation. Thanks. I just wanted to mention that the main reason that the wiper motors are grounded to their cases is for RF interference suppression on a vehicle. Not a problem in your application of course unless you're trying to listen to your on board radio.

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    Do the wheels spin when the robot is unpowered, or do the motors "lock" up motion?

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    GOOD!

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    Weld up the missing material etc and file in keyway maybe, I hope you can save that little workhorse of a machine.

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    I remember a documentary showing german soldiers during WWII controlling a tiny tank with electric motor and explosives. The soldier would walk behind as it was controlled using wires and drive it under a tank or some other military target. The soldier was always 50m or so behind it so it would of been a scary ass maneuver. It was ahead of its time. Smart idea too.

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    I think you could make an awesome wheelchair

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    independent steering and power, so awesome!!

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    Moin! We are waiting for the next episode of this project. Are you going to share videos about this robot? Greetings from Hamburg!

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    That would make a great platform for a camera rig!

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    Hey i want ask you if we can beld left system by this motor..

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    get yourself a DC motor controller and make it a remote control no wires, better yet since you are German, you can probably design your own controller. the rest of us have to buy them 🙂 TU on film.

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    Thanks for the video!
    
    I started an attempt to operate exactly these wiper motors with the BTS7960.
    The wiper motor gets exceptionally hot.
    Is that normal?

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    Great video, the work on the wheel and motor shaft was exactly what I needed to learn about.