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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
Don't be too sure of this. The pole is in bending (shear) while the robot is in compression/tension.
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Whatever is attached to the bar on your robot (assuming you are hanging next to it) has a moment on the joint attached to the robot.
Think of it this way, force applied to the vertical support is applied parallel to the floor, but the weight of the robots is applied perpendicular to the floor.
This is assuming a design like the original posting.