Programming instructions

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Motion
Inventor’s Guide
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It is easy to drive components of the VEX
Structure Subsystem using motion components in
several different ways. Most of the VEX Gears
have mounting holes in them on the standard VEX
1/2” hole spacing; it is simple to attach metal
pieces to these mounting holes. One benet of
using this method is that in some congurations,
the nal gear train will transfer torque directly into
the structural piece via a gear; this decreases the
torque running through the shaft itself.
Another option to drive structural pieces
using the Motion Subsystem is through a
Lock Bar. These pieces are designed such
that they can bolt onto any VEX structural
component using the standard VEX 1/2”
pitch. In the center of each piece there is a
square hole which matches the VEX square
shaft. As such, any VEX component can
be “locked” to a shaft using the Lock Bar
so that it will spin with the shaft. Note that
the insert in each Lock Bar is removable
and can be reinserted at any 15° increment.
Intake Rollers can be used in a variety of applications. These components were originally
designed to be rollers in an intake or accumulator mechanism. The “ns” or “ngers” of the
roller will ex when they contact an object; this will provide a gripping force which should
pull on the object.
HINT:
Try cutting off some of the ns
of an Intake Roller for better
performance on some objects.
Introduction to the Motion Subsystem, continued
Lock Bar
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