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Re: pic: Robot Attack!
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Originally Posted by Qbranch View Post
THAT IS SO NOT SAFE!!!!!!!

You realize when you 'ride' a robot, your putting your life in the hands of a servo loop ...

So... that effortless power that lifts you up in the air and makes you giggle... could also just as easily slam you into the ground at ~50mph. I may stick my head in a CNC machine... but thats as far as i'm willing to trust a servo.

Sorry to be all uptight... but i've seen an Adept 4 axis arm lose an encoder at work... JT1 (the main joint) spun around 2 times in about .5 seconds. If anyone would have been in the cell they would have been dead (not just dead, like DEAD)... and that was just with people in the vicinity of the robot, let alone RIDING it. I know its tempting... servos are so good anymore it makes the motion seem so serene and controlled, but remember, in free range, theyre just motors.

PLEASE don't do this... ok i'll get off my soap box now.

-q
Like you've never hitched a ride on one of your contraptions ....
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