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Re: Canburglar Safety

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Originally Posted by Bennett548 View Post
Last year our ball shooter used 4x 180N [~40lbf] constant force springs, but our motor powered can burglar still concerns me more because it deploys a somewhat sharp metal hook at high speeds about 1.8m [~6 feet] from the robot.
Assuming you use one of those constant force springs: the torque would be 332.77 NM (that's metre), or for Americans: 1.2652092 x 10^-13 ounce-lightyears (running joke at my university, "how many ounce lightyears is that?)
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