Week 7 of the meeting was mainly following up on our progress with the motor. Although the team is still waiting for the updates on the controller, turns out that there is another problem that our team managed to discover. The motor that we purchased is a geared hub motor, making the motor to be unidirectional. This means that the motor can only move in one direction, and will free-wheel when it is turning in the other direction. As a result, our motor will not have any braking mechanism to stop the bogie. Hence, our team decided to think of solutions that we can have to fix this issue. One solution is by modifying the inside part of the motor: including welding the motor clutch. Another solution is to use a third motor to help to stop the bogie and go in reverse direction.
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