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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
Hanging from the floor.. Yeah, that would be nice.. but.
I think our major problem with hanging from the floor came from the fact that our mechanisn at the end of our arm needs strength from the arm to lift itself up.
We kept that design simple and went with a one jointed system with a pneumatic extension. If we had any more weight or joints we might be able to hang from the floor, but may not be able to sucessfully intergrate our mechanism into play, and would more than likely be over weight.
We are pushing 130.0 as it is now.
Remember that you also have to take the trigonometry of folding up a mechanism that will fit in the starting profile when designing an arm that will reach more than 10' in the air to grab that bar.
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Not always... we have a telescoping arm that can extend 12'', and its insanely fast also... use your creativity
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