Really flat and slim motor.

[Fredrik Andersson]

Im searching for a really really flat motor for a really slim design of a sumo robot. A slim robot will be invisible to many robots sensory!

The motors needs to be as flat as possible but still able to offer good amounts of torque. The idea is to put them pointed upward and gear it with a wormgear to get the output shaft outward to the sides. Hopefully I'll get down the height to 1 cm, if i find a flat enough motor.

Anyone that know where i could get such a motor?

[kevinisnekkid]

I have a few flat 6-wire stepper motors. I think I pulled them from old disk drives. The body is about 2inch in diameter, and about 1/2inch think. The shaft sticks out about 1/4inch. If you're interested, let me know.

[hudbrog]

"Maxon" has a line of flat motors.
For example:
https://shop.maxonmotor.com/ishop/motor/category/maxon%20EC%20motor/node/EC%20flat.xml

[Admin]

another option . . . use several small motors combined