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Unread 02-03-2012, 14:01
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Re: How to vibration isolate camera ?

Not with robot right now. No pics with me. We have a typical turret with the shooter wheels / motor turning on it. Above the wheels, at the top of the back frame the balls roll up the camera is currently mounted to get it as high as possible. Its as far from the motor and wheels as we can make it on the shooter but the high speed rotating wheels are not balanced so some buzzing vibration is going through the shooter frame. In my mind, not extreme, not avoidable without serious dynamic balancing equipment etc. The actual shooting of a ball is not an issue as the camera will already have a lock.