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Next, I made a piece out of aluminum to fix the two opposite plate together. This piece sits between the pair of legs on each assembly, and is the primary structural support of each segment. As well as holding the robot together, it provides a place to mount the electronics and other components later on.
I bent the aluminum at right angles using a c-clamp, and drilled four holes in each end. I drilled matching holes in the motor plate and the opposite plate in each leg assembly, and then bolted everything together with 4/40 screws.
Once both segments of the robot were built and structurally sound, I could test their tree-gripping ability by hooking the motors up directly to a battery. Fortunately, they worked quite well, or I would have had nothing else to share.
I bent the aluminum at right angles using a c-clamp, and drilled four holes in each end. I drilled matching holes in the motor plate and the opposite plate in each leg assembly, and then bolted everything together with 4/40 screws.
Once both segments of the robot were built and structurally sound, I could test their tree-gripping ability by hooking the motors up directly to a battery. Fortunately, they worked quite well, or I would have had nothing else to share.
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