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Re: pic: Wave Robotics Drive Teaser

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
That is an awesome design. I'm curious - when you're driving on flat ground, how to you insure that your bumper stays in the mandatory bumper zone? Obviously you must be using some type of automated articulation.... pneumatics perhaps?
Why would they need to have some automated articulation to accomplish this? Assuming they have 2 modules on either side pivoting like they are, the distance to the bumper from the pivot is fixed so no control would be necessary on flat ground since the axis through the pivots would be parallel to the ground
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