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The counterweight swinging seems like a major hazard. Also, I am curious what stability issues it will have if there is a sudden hazard appearing (let's say per
by ivalm 8y ago
The counterweight swinging seems like a major hazard. Also, I am curious what stability issues it will have if there is a sudden hazard appearing (let's say person walk in front of it).
- fludlight 8y agoCover it with a hard plastic skirt at the max range of motion.
- Havoc 8y ago>The counterweight swinging seems like a major hazard. Seems like an easily enough problem. Basically every car out there has reverse sensors...
- readingnews 8y agoYou are assuming that there are people around to be a liability. I am assuming there will be no people in this warehouse.
- lukasm 8y agoThe people will always be there to restart the system and clean up the accidents. Robots have to be designed in that in mind.
- thanatos_dem 8y agoRestarting systems and cleaning up seem like jobs that can be/have been automated.
- etatoby 8y agoJudging by the video, the swinging weight is used to provide all sorts of acceleration: forwards, back, and to lift the payload. This is a smart usage of a dead weight (batteries) that makes all the other motors smaller and lighter.