RoboScout Internals: Trails: Complete Disassembly:

Remove Right Arm

This part is shown in page 8 of the Assembly Diagram.

Remove Top Access Panel. Unscrew the 6 phillips screws that attach the topmost panel of the arm-and-leg assembly. Lift off the panel while threading cables through hole. Push the cables completely through the hole and set the panel aside.

Inside, are the drive gears and motor for raising and lowering the right arm. The interrupter for the encoder disc is visible at the top of the photo at right (tan PCB). The disc itself is behind another panel. At 10 o'clock in this photo, there's a tilt sensor consisting of a pendulum and cage.

The photos below show close-ups of the front and back of the tilt sensor. A coiled hair wire allows current flow through the pendulum bob without inhibiting its motion.

Detach the Arm. Separate the right arm from the right leg by removing 4 phillips screws from the black center gear. Pull the arm away from the leg. The encoder disk for arm rotation is located between the arm and leg assemblies (photo at right).

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