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Re: How the 15 inches is measured

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
If I were an inspector and I wanted some assurance that the controls on a mechanism were keeping it legal, I'd place the robot with the frame perimeter 15" from a wall and ask the team to actuate the mechanism. This is also a useful way to test such a mechanism yourself. If you hit the wall, you need to look at better ways to control your deployment.
Of course, you are assuming the wall sits at an exact 90 degrees relative to the floor
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