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Limit Switches and 54 Inches
Hello all,
My team has been running into issues when dealing with the 54" rule. If my team decides to use limit switches on one of our extendable arms (that is used to climb up the pyramid), would this help us avoid the 54" rule?
Our robot is planning on approaching the corner of the pyramid, extending our ladder, and grab the first rung. However, because of our design, our ladder is too short to grab the second and third rung.
If we use a limit switch to stop the amount of distance our arm can extend past our robot frame, because we don't need to reach as far on the first rung (even though it still has the potential to reach farther), and we then decide to rotate our robot on the pyramid so that our ladder is now back within our frame (and we are now only dealing with an 84" height limit) will our robot still pass inspection for the 54" rule?
Thanks in advance,
~4294
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