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The arm doesn't need to come down all the way 3 metres or something. Most fuel caps are at about 1 metre above ground, so I would only need an (estimated) displacement of +/- 0.5 metres. I guess this is feasible with a linear pneumatic axis. Can someone please confirm the existence of...

That's exactly what I mean. So there's an XY linear base on the ceiling, an arm coming down (Z) and then a double-rotary nozzle. About the centrally positioned fuel caps: if the car can be positioned far enough to the front the robot should manage to service these kind of caps as well (the...

Thanks for your advice, LURCH. Independently of your comments, I am shifting away from an articulated design as well. I'm not convinced however of the benefits of a vertically mounted cartesian robot versus one that is horizontally mounted. With a vertical mount you would still need 2...

Hi, I have a college project running for which I have to design an automatic car refuelling cell. This includes automatic robot positioning, automatic payment, assisted car alignment et cetera. I like to stress that neither I nor my fellow students are mechanical or electrical engineers...