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Re: pic: The Vitruvian Arm - 2630

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Wouldn't you get the same effect just bolting the claw to the end of the first joint? It sounds like the other two "cancel out", and I don't get the benefit. (Height?)
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I would assume it's to contour around the bumper for floor pickup.
That's it the 100% bumper wrap rule and our desire to floor load from both sides were the main reasons for this design.

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Originally Posted by s_forbes View Post
Beautiful! The 3-segment, single DOF arm and the hefty tubular elevator are a cool combination. Nice wide gripper, too. Out of the mechanisms shown on CD this year, this is my favorite by far.

Hope to see it up close in St. Louis!
Thanks! I hope you'll be able to as well....


p.s.
here's an animation of the arm, a video is worth at least 24,000 words per second:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiPMw7SfBkk
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