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Re: Beware of R16 your robot design may be too big.

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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli View Post
For those of you that think it is easy based on sketches ... I was there too until we actually prototyped something that is thick enough to be stiff enough and that is when we went "Ohhhhh .....".
Very good point!

Fortunately the section at the end of the arm need not be very thick, as it is under little load. The section that needs to be thick is near the robot.