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Motor Characterization for Small Running Robots (2016)
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Hacker News | Sep 21, 2026 | loughnane
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Each motor gets a mechanical teardown and brief characterization. First, suitable motor controllers don't really exist. From these numbers, I can calculate the torque constant (Kt) and "motor constant" (Km) by finding Kt/sqrt(R).
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