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Re: pic: prototype of ramp in up postion

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Originally Posted by Kyle View Post
How long is the ramp, what angle is it at?
Based on the other photo uploaded to CD-Media (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/26396?), it appears as if there's no ramp at all. Rather, it's a platform supported by a parallel four-bar linkage. By pulling up upon the top of the linkage with a pneumatic piston, the linkage swings upward and the retracted force of the piston will hold a robot and the platform 12"+ in the air.

This design and ones like it, if they can be made to work properly, are superior to ramps in almost every way, as far as I'm concerned.
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