Ryan dissasembles one of the Banebots transmissions *

The transmission had suddenly seized up and we needed to know why and fix it fast. *

Meanwhile, Team 378 continues work on their robot. *

Another view of 378's bot. *

Mark analyzes the problem. *

Our robot gets some admiration from 378's mentors. *

Bumpers are on, camera mounted, waiting for a transmission. *

View from the other side. *

Closeup of the gripper motor and flex conduit. *

The gripper fingers. *

The gripper gear and limit switches. *

The lead screw drive for the upper arm joint. *

Yet another view. *

The lower lead screw drive motor and gearbox. *

This motor turns the release cam for the lift. *

Here's the lift, detached. *

378 working on their robot. *

The troublesome gearbox. Works fine until we tighten the last screws... then it locked up. *

The encoder cover taken off. *

Encoder removed, except for the encoder wheel (which is superglued on) *