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Originally Posted by squirrel
re: the force required to move the plate, vs. it's weight. If your minibot must lift the entire plate evenly, then it might take more than 4N to trigger the tower.
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To lift the entire plate evenly it
will take more than 4N.
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If your robot contacts the plate on one side, then it only needs to lift that side of the plate. The plate should still rest on the two bolt heads on the other side of the pole. The force required to trigger the FMS should be significantly less than the full weight of the plate.
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It's a simple second-class lever. I thought that was obvious so I didn't stated it explicitly. My bad.