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Re: 2363 Triple Helix "pre-release" video of Genome Eta

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
Curious about how you ended up designing the recycling container grabbing arm. Why opt for the "passive" chain rotation of the second joint over, say, a 4-bar linkage? Chain failure seems like a higher risk than linkage failure, to me.
It seems to me that their design would be lighter, more compact, and simpler than a 4-bar linkage of equal length and strength, but I may be wrong.