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points by voidUpdate 4 days ago | 0 comments

It might be more expensive, but could this be made "inside-out", as in putting the movement motors inside the arm itself, and the walls just having cable anchors, and maybe a tag that the arm can use for position tracking?

[–] killingtime74 4 days ago

Won't that then be using up the payload capacity of the gripper? It's much better to have them at the walls, and also you would now need to send electricity to the middle.

[–] voidUpdate 4 days ago

You need to send electricity to the middle anyway, to power the gripper

[–] killingtime74 3 days ago

What about the weight then. Wont it detract from the useful payload?

The gripper can use a battery, its low draw I think compared to the motors.

[–] avar 4 days ago

That's probably less of a hassle in most rooms than extending wiring up to four corners of a room.