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Results and discussion<br />

Connection between the <strong>for</strong>earm and upper arm has two degrees <strong>of</strong> freedom,<br />

realised through a slider and a hinge joint, so-called pin-in-slot joint (see Figure<br />

5.7).<br />

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Figure 5.7 Exploded view <strong>of</strong> a one-arm hoeing tool assembly with<br />

indicated joints<br />

Finally, to the end <strong>of</strong> the upper arm, a tool <strong>for</strong> soil cultivation can be connected.<br />

As basic cultivation tools small duckfoot knives are anticipated, but several<br />

other tools (tines or torsion <strong>weed</strong>ers) can also be easily implemented on the<br />

hoeing tool. Variants <strong>of</strong> the hoeing tool consisting <strong>of</strong> 4, 6 and 12 arms are<br />

illustrated in the Figure 5.8).<br />

Figure 5.8 Design variants <strong>of</strong> the hoeing tool assembly

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