Society of Robots - Robot Forum
Mechanics and Construction => Mechanics and Construction => Topic started by: blindmind on September 16, 2006, 09:15:08 AM
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hello.
im thinking of building a robot with a carriage at its end effector. the robot is functioned to carry objects on the built carriage and to be pushed away from carriage to another port. I am hoping that anyone could tell me, what kind of mechanism is suitable to be used for a light robot that can be used for many times other than pneumatic and hydraulic approaches? thank you.
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Could you describe this carriage device in more detail? (diagrams?)
I am assuming you are building a robot arm of some sort?
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you might want to look at rack and pinion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_and_pinion
but you could also hack an old cd drive to get a short linear motion if that's what you're talking about, you know, the eject functnion.
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You could try a solenoid with levers attatched to it to increase the push distance.