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Originally Posted by Ari423
I wasn't saying that wood robots won't work. ... you could see legal wood on metal contact ... and that scares me.
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Not wanting to detract from the main point of the thread, because I think the idea is pretty cool and I'd love to see a machine like this play the game on year, but designing with wood actually gives you the ability to create stronger, stiffer manipulators in many cases. The lower density results in a greater specific stiffness, particularly when dealing with solid cross sections.
I know you didn't mean to insult wood... I can see you've planned to use it extensively, but we do have a small but noisy "wood is good" cheering squad here on CD. I've built a few wooden robots and arms where the wood on metal contact wouldn't be scary for the wood structure!
Anyway, cool design. Look forward to seeing it go one day!
Jason