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Re: Turns out Helical Beam Couplers aren't meant to handle that much stress . . .

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Originally Posted by kevin.li.rit View Post
You can keep the leadscrew stationary and use a simple linkage to translate the linear motion of the lead screw to a rotational motion.
That's really awesome. Did you end up using that mechanism in your robot this year? I wish I had seen some like that at competition.