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Re: Arm design - rotation mechanism?

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Originally Posted by SteveO
It's definitely feasible, and its what we plan to do as well. Your main obstacle is getting enough torque out of whatever you are using to rotate it. You can do this with gear/pulley reduction and a strong enough motor. We're thinking the Fisher Price...

But would implementing rotation weaken the device? As in.. with rotation, would it still be able to hold as much weight as it could without rotation?

My team's main concern, as far as I know, is complexity.. would it be easy to break but difficult to fix, for example?

Sorry for the incessant questions, and thanks for your quick responses
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