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I won't say you're wrong, the losses are small. But I guess they remind me of other technologies in the past that were by themselves incremental improvements, b
by ip26 8y ago
I won't say you're wrong, the losses are small. But I guess they remind me of other technologies in the past that were by themselves incremental improvements, but as cost came down and they were put together with other incremental improvements, our capabilities advanced significantly & in ways we may not have expected.
For one, I think bearings wearing out is the main failure mode of most electric motors.
- beambot 8y agoGreat example, also from rotating systems, is the harmonic drive gearbox -- a very compact & high gear ratio device that (curiously) uses a deformable metal "cup" (flexspline) rather than a 100% rigid piece of metal like a traditional gear. Huge improvement that is now commonplace in robotics. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_drive https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_drive