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Re: Box Aluminum Extrusion Strength
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Originally Posted by Max Lobovsky
Just imagine a 130lb robot traveling at 8 miles an hour colliding with the side of your arm. Either you stop the robot, your own robot turns, or your arm breaks.
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That is ONE of the reasons I use a safety factor of 4 for FIRST robots. I also typically assume a 1/2g side load, but I thought that was a little too much to add for one post. I also typically use FEA for our arm designs, so adding the side load is pretty trivial once the model is built.
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Christopher H Husmann, PE
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