I’ve got a door in my bedroom that leads to an internal courtyard that I’d like to be able to leave open overnight to let the cool air in (There’s still a locked security screen) but have it close once the sun starts to rise and shut the blind (which I can do with an Aqara roller blind motor).
Looking into other threads on the topic the standard recommendation seems to be linear actuators which are either positioned between the door and the end of the track (so that the door can only open halfway due to the size of the actuator vs its stroke distance) or the full length of the door and track at the top/bottom of the frame where the actuator is the entire width of the door then extends the full sliding door track length which seems like it’s too bulky a solution to pass the mrs test.
Are there any other ways to slide the door along the track open and closed that aren’t so bulky? The door slides very easily along the track so I can’t imagine it would need a huge amount of torque to operate.