XRobots / openDog

CAD and code for each episode of my open source dog series
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Suggestion - Upper leg and belt tension #28

Open mungewell opened 3 years ago

mungewell commented 3 years ago

Very impressed with the work that you are doing, and enjoy watching the videos.

In the latest you had the issue of maintaining belt tension when the leg under a lot of force/weight... since the force direction is asymmetric (ie always in a particular direction) can you create a upper leg which deliberately flexes a little and creates more tension in the belt as it does.

This maybe could use a cam to push on the tensioner as the leg flexes. As a side effect it would create a little more leg springiness by using the belt elasticity.