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Re: How to do a Forklift type robot.

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Originally Posted by Jaybee1405 View Post
These are both very simple methods, and I know I made it sound very complicated. If I had pics I would show you, but I don't.
Here's a picture that someone posted to illustrate the two types:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/at...achmentid=2834

Somewhere on Chief Delphi there's a powerpoint explaining the advantages and disadvantages of either type. I think Continuous is the most common and pretty clearly the better of the two (it's the version my team is considering). As far as I can tell, Cascade uses more wires, requires the up wire and down wire to move at different speeds, and causes each of the elevator segments to lift sooner (meaning a higher CG and thus more instability at anything less than full extension).