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by PCrnjak 1018 days ago
I have been abusing it for 8 months straight and too be honest I was trying to break it. Software has a lot of safety features to not hit joint limits, speed limits, ESTOP is operational... Only problem is that robot has no brakes so during power loss it falls. I thought it will be fatal for robot to fall like that but it survived it multiple times. Only parts that brake are esthetics and covers. Also i thought that repetability will suffer under such abuse but it stayed the same. The clip on youtube is after 6 months of a lot of use.
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Sounds very interesting.

Maybe this is a project where I can put the random collection of components to use which lying around in my basement.

Not exactly to spec but that's the spirit I think.

Is a possible solution to the arm “falling” to mount it upside down?
Brakes will be added in later design