Aluminum chasis bracket

[grievousfish]

I really like the look of the new aluminum chasis brackets (ACB-01). They look like you might be able to use them both as skin and servo attachment sites.

Does anyone know if the aluminum chasis bracket is robust enough to handle having a 3 or 2 DOF leg attached to it? Say if I had Lexan panels for the top and bottom and the new brackets along the sides?

[linuxguy]

@Grievousfish

Does anyone know if the aluminum chasis bracket is robust enough to handle having a 3 or 2 DOF leg attached to it? Say if I had Lexan panels for the top and bottom and the new brackets along the sides?

This is what it is designed for, but it also has other applications. Jim doesn’t add products that won’t be extremely flexible and have as many uses as possible. If it belongs to the SES, it will be very robust and flexible. I can hardly wait to get my hands on an ACB-01.

8-Dale

[km6vv]

I would assume they’d be fine for 2DOF or 3DOF legs, no doubt more. After all, that’s what they were designed for. A “round” 'bot pretty much assumes you’ll have 3DOF (or more) legs, as most of the legs are doing some sort of transposition in their moves. 2DOF legs pretty much limit one to an “inline” body (chassis).

@Grievousfish

I really like the look of the new aluminum chasis brackets (ACB-01). They look like you might be able to use them both as skin and servo attachment sites.

Does anyone know if the aluminum chasis bracket is robust enough to handle having a 3 or 2 DOF leg attached to it? Say if I had Lexan panels for the top and bottom and the new brackets along the sides?

The brackets are mounted on the Lexan with long contact areas and what look like cup washers; so with the “box” built of 8 brackets and two plates, all should be fine in my opinion.

All in all, it looks like a well-engineered design.

Alan KM6VV

[eddieb]

@linuxguy

I can hardly wait to get my hands on an ACB-01.
8-Dale

that is what they make credit cards for.

[robotdude]

@KM6VV

The brackets are mounted on the Lexan with long contact areas and what look like cup washers; so with the “box” built of 8 brackets and two plates, all should be fine in my opinion.

All in all, it looks like a well-engineered design.

Alan KM6VV

Close but they are actually 3mm threaded inserts that are pressed into the aluminum. So it makes assembly so easy. We are currently providing phillips head hardware, but I will be switching to black zinc coated hex head style of hardware when the order comes in. I appreciate the nice comment. Thanks!