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Adept Lynx Platform User's Guide, Rev D
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Chapter 4: Payload Structures
Dimensions
You must keep your payload structure no wider and no longer than the Lynx platform.
The most common payload structure is a vertical extension of the platform, adding whatever
features are needed by your application above the platform itself.
Take care to keep all of the payload structure higher than the top of the Lynx platform. If any
of the platform's sensors get blocked, it won't be able to function normally. This is critical in
the case of the safety scanning laser.
If you purchased the optional vertical-mount lasers for your payload structure, you need to
make sure that the payload structure will not interfere with the view of those lasers. Typically,
the vertical lasers are mounted on the sides of the payload structure, so that they protrude
enough to miss the payload structure itself with the laser beam. Some customers have found it
prudent to build a protective guard over the vertical lasers, to protect the lasers from impact.
Ensure that any such guard does not block the laser beam.
The height of your payload structure will affect the center of gravity, covered in the next sec-
tion.
0 .00
15.4 [0.61]
112.9 [4.44]
161 [6.34]
169.9 [6.69]
234 [9.21]
244.9 [9.64]
307 [12.09]
370.9 [14.60]
380 [14.96]
453 [17.83]
501.9 [19.76]
599.4 [23.60]
0
.00
59
[2.32]
109
[4.29]
145.9
[5.74]
132.8
[5.23]
304.2
[11.98]
328
[12.91]
378
[14.88]
421.4
[16.59]
0
.00
33.5
[1.32]
83.5
[3.29]
353.5
[13.92]
403.5
[15.89]
291.9
[11.49]
16.4
[0.65]
‘A’
‘A’ ‘A’ ‘A’ ‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’
‘A’ ‘A’
‘A’ ‘A’
‘A’ ‘A’
‘B’
‘B’ ‘B’
‘B’ ‘B’ ‘B’
‘B’ ‘B’
Primary mounting surface
Secondary mounting surface
40.7 [1.60] below primary surface
24x M6 Threads
Marked ‘A’
8x M5 Threads
Marked ‘B’
437 [17.20]
614.8 [24.20]
35°
55°
179.4 [7.06]
434.5 [17.11]
All units are in mm [in.]
Figure 4-1. Platform Deck Dimensions, for Attaching Payload Structure
Center of Gravity
As much as possible, you should keep the payload structure center of gravity centered on the
Lynx platform, and as low (close to the platform top) as possible. This will give you the best
stability, particularly when crossing thresholds or irregularities in the floor.
The following figure shows the center of gravity of the platform, without payload structure.