The entire design is not very mechanically sound. The way the robot lifts when the shots go off show that the structure points they attached the gun to are too rigid. Guns don’t shoot well under a tight grip or welded one. If they have to use a rigid design then it would make more sense to put the gun on the side of the robot and counter weight the opposite side for recoil balance.
I'm sure more elegant solutions are already in fabrication. In addition to mechanical stability, they're also not going to let a resistance pluck a weapon humans are able to use from a disabled land drone.
I'd think mounting it sideways would be best - since you're attaching the mount directly to the body of the rifle anyway, you shouldn't have the usual issue of torque pulling the aim off to the side, and it would let you mount the rifle closer to the body of the robot, reducing the torque currently tipping the robot backwards.
... you wonder if that would have been better off inverted, with the optics "under" the barrel.
The entire design is not very mechanically sound. The way the robot lifts when the shots go off show that the structure points they attached the gun to are too rigid. Guns don’t shoot well under a tight grip or welded one. If they have to use a rigid design then it would make more sense to put the gun on the side of the robot and counter weight the opposite side for recoil balance.
I'm sure more elegant solutions are already in fabrication. In addition to mechanical stability, they're also not going to let a resistance pluck a weapon humans are able to use from a disabled land drone.
This looks like a proof of concept whipped up in like a week. Gotta get those government contracts.
I'd think mounting it sideways would be best - since you're attaching the mount directly to the body of the rifle anyway, you shouldn't have the usual issue of torque pulling the aim off to the side, and it would let you mount the rifle closer to the body of the robot, reducing the torque currently tipping the robot backwards.