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Originally Posted by russell
As far as mounting height why dont you just use a regular optical mouse mounted on one of the skinny pneumatic rams with a regulator regulating the pressure down to say 10 psi. Then you mount the ram such that it is not fully extended when the mouse is on the ground, so the mouse will always be being gently pressed on the ground...
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If you're going very slowly, that might work. The problem is that an optical mouse will lose tracking completely if it moves too fast. One reason for considering a "telephoto mouse" mounted high is to trade resolution for maximum speed.