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Re: 2nd Most Awaited Q and A Answer?

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Originally Posted by jvriezen View Post
But how could you possibly EVER have two appendages exiting from the same edge then? If they can be connected inside the perimeter, then any thing you want to call two appendages on the same edge will be one by your definition --- unless one is totally disconnected from the bot, which of course violates a different rule. By your line of thinking, I can have any configuration whatsoever for appendage(s) as long as they all exit the perimeter along the same edge-- they are always connected to each other somehow via the bot parts.
I'm just guessing here, but the big difference is how it's actuated. If a single motor drives two rods out the same side of the frame perimeter, those rods are one appendage. If you have two separate motors driving those two rods out, then they are separate appendages - they can be actuated together, and they can be actuated independently.