2363 Triple Helix "pre-release" video of Genome Eta

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2363 Triple Helix "pre-release" video of Genome Eta

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19-02-2015, 16:18

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Re: 2363 Triple Helix "pre-release" video of Genome Eta

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Curious about how you ended up designing the recycling container grabbing arm. Why opt for the "passive" chain rotation of the second joint over, say, a 4-bar linkage? Chain failure seems like a higher risk than linkage failure, to me.

It seems to me that their design would be lighter, more compact, and simpler than a 4-bar linkage of equal length and strength, but I may be wrong.

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