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Re: Arm Mechanism Advice

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Originally Posted by Bennett View Post
I would suggest pneumatics, as a motor could accidentally go past 30 degrees, but pneumatics wouldn't go past it. If you use a motor, a limit switch, or rotary encoder could be used to let you know when it is at that point.
I would agree with this, I attempted a similar deal a few years ago and asked the same question. All the responses I got where overly complicated compared to a pneumatic system (our team lacked any ability to use pneumatics at that point so we scrapped the idea altogether. Shame).
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