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Re: Climb Stopping Mechanism

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Originally Posted by sauhaarda View Post
What strategies are you using to stop climbing the rope after the button is pressed at the proper pressure? Are you planning on a manual stop? A pressure plate stop? A stop based on stall torque? It seems to me that there is a very small window to stop the robot from applying to much pressure on the plate. How are you teams trying to address this issue?
1/2 inch ratcheting flatwrench for retaining. Use the onboard current sensing of the PDP to kill the motor when it reaches a load higher than just lifting, aka semi-stall instance.
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