If the ASB-04 had an extra tab at one or both of the ends then we could mount servos lengthwise in a leg/arm. (similar to how they are mounted in the Robonova) This would allow a “cleaner” look, and legs that are half as thick in one dimension.
The second suggestion is created from the idea of using an ASB-15 as a biped hip. If the ASB15 has a standard servo mounting pattern in the center of the back (where the notch is now) the low-profile axis could be mounted there to make a really slick waist. This would require the first (highest) joint in the leg to rotate the entire leg instead of the current common configuration.
Of course if the servo mounting pattern was in the center of the bottom of the ASB-15 it would allow the usual arraingment and easy mounting of the low profile axis as a waist rotation joint.
It’s too late at night for me to wrap my mind around all those axis that your talking about, but there is one thing that I did notice.
Having an extra tab on the ASB-04 would require bending on two axis.
The fabricator would probably have to make a special bending tool to do that.
That’d mean that we pay much more money for a bracket that is nearly a staple for every servo that we purchase.
Ah crud, that’s right.
They will want more money for any tooling changes they make.
An alternative plan would be to put a mounting hole pattern close enough to the edge to allow a ASB-06 to be mounted on that side.
Hmm…
That would make it difficult to stick a servo in the ASB-04, though, if you stuck an ASB-06 over one of the mounting holes on the side.
However, you might be able to pull off mounting an ASB-06 on the underside of the ASB-04…
