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Re: What's the coolest (or most complicated) linkage ever used in FRC?
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Originally Posted by Chris is me
Does anybody have neat resources to learn more about synthesizing and designing linkages for various tasks? I'd love to learn more as that's essentially the most fascinating part of mechanical design for me right now.
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Chris...thanks for linking to the picture of our re-designed linkage. I didn't get a chance to really look for a good picture of it.
As far as linkage design....it's all 2D AutoCAD and circles for me. Basically, just have to pick a starting pivot point and sketch away. For 2008 it was a three position design. So it was basically iteration (trial and error) to find pivot points and link lengths that fit the three positions we were trying to achieve.
I am sure there are more ingenious ways of figuring it out, but that's how I do it.
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