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08-04-2015, 10:55

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Re: Tote bot

I wouldn't think of "raising and lowering the drive train" but instead I would think of "raising and lowering the tote."

Here is a masterfully done CAD rendering of an idea: http://imgur.com/4ebNHBF

Use a winch in the middle, some cable, and some pulleys, to hoist the tote up around the drive base, and then set it down. All motor-driven, no drive articulation, and you could easily take all of the robot guts out of the tote to work on them.

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