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From: gcouger@olesun.okstate.edu (Gordon Couger)
Subject: Re: Cables for robotic applications
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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 19:29:16 GMT
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In article <CnuB8v.5pK@armory.com>,
Richard Steven Walz <rstevew@armory.com> wrote:
>In article <1994Apr4.180343.5901@aisb.ed.ac.uk>,
>Mark Wright <markwr@beryl.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>>Does anyone have information on the type of cables used for robotic
>>applications such as low cost stepper motor arms or hands?
>>Will steel do or do they need to be less elastic?
>>Any information or advice gratefully received.
>>
If I were doing this I would try Kevlar you can get get it for about
$10.00 per 100 yards at fishing tackle stores Specrta is also used for
fishing line and also has very low strech but is a lot slicker.
Good luck
gordon


                             Gordon Couger                            
                             Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering              
                             Oklahoma State University                         
                             114 Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK  74074                 
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