Placing motor controllers on moving components?

[J_B_Wood]

Hello all,

This summer we are redoing our 2016 robot's electrical system. We are making great progress so far, and learning a lot. Our robot has a single large actuated arm, with several encoder-controlled actuators on it. In order to minimize the lengths of encoder signal wires running from our Talon SRX's to the encoders on the arm, we wanted to place some of our Talons on the arm itself. We had some reservations about how well the talons would hold up under heavy movement of the arm, and wanted to see if anyone knew how sturdy talons can be when shook around. Any advice?

Here's a video of our robot for context: (team 1389)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8pkLSnA-c4