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Originally Posted by dradel View Post
Great concept, but have a few questions.
What happens when/if another bot sucks the tether in and gets tangled, or cuts the tether in their chain drive?
Secondly what size wires are run in the tether?? Thinking about 30' of run, would have to be pretty thick to handle the current draw.
I can't see the details, but if you only had pneumatics on Robin, with some pre-charged air, you'd only need to run solenoid control across the tether...

Edit: Ok it's obviously motor powered, but still a thought, if you're worried about that sort of thing.

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