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Re: Sideways Hanging - Yes or No

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
Something for to think about for teams considering this approach: This normal loading on your hands increases linearly with the weight of your robot(s). And you can customize magnitude of this normal force by choosing the separation between your hands. I wonder how this could be useful.....
Interestingly as you reduce the stess on the TOWER by moving the "hands" further apart, you also reduce the force necessary to be able to swing the robot up to it's sideways position.

Definitely something to consider.