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Unread 09-03-2015, 13:23
Shaif Shaif is offline
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Re: Programmers on the Drive Team

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
Three words: magnetic limit switches. Switched (rim-shot) to these in 2013 and have never looked back.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#magnetic-switches/=w8hmkk

We used numerous magnetic limit switches, supplemented with encoders, to pre-program positions for our tote collector and to implement safety-interlocks on most of our robot's mechanisms.
Can you post a picture of them on the robot?