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Designer Conceives Robot Crystal That Can Be Marionette-Controlled and Servo-Driven

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A designer is conceiving the robot Crystal, with the goal of enabling it to be controlled both via marionette strings and driven by servos. He proposes using cables and elastic components to achieve the marionette mode and servos to achieve the autonomous mode, and is seeking design suggestions from others on how to make the two control methods coexist. Photos will be released once the robot is completed.

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  1. How to design Crystal, a robot that can be puppeteered and servo-driven

    A designer is conceiving the robot Crystal and wants it to be controllable both by puppet strings and by servos. They ask whether cables and elastic parts could enable a puppet mode and servos an autonomous mode, and seek design advice on having both control methods coexist. Photos will be released once the robot is complete.

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