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ARMS AND CHAPTER

SUBSYSTEMS

n this chapter you will fabricate and assemble Questor’s
Iarms, drink dispenser, and head as shown in Fig. 5-1. Also
you will wire the vacuum cleaner completing that system.
Questor’s arms and drink dispenser will be built first because
they are interrelated to one another. The pump and tank for
the drink dispenser are housed inside the robot’s body while
the fluid outlet and control button are mounted on Questor’s
arm—more specifically, his left wrist. The drink dispenser
operates in a rather straightforward manner; pushing the con-
trol button on Questor’s wrist activates a small (and slightly
noisy) 12-volt pump. This pump draws fluid out of a 1-gallon

FIGURE 5-1. Arm, drink dispenser, and head.

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