pic: Team 3038 Manipulator Complete
 

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All in all it took the team 2 days to build the manipulator. This is our first year working with 80/20 on our robot. The kids love the simplicity but hate the assembly.

Re: pic: Team 3038 Manipulator Complete
 

One thing to watch out for with 80/20 is the connector weight can add up very quickly. When you can, drill through and tap the internal hole and use the correct connectors to reduce weight.

Re: pic: Team 3038 Manipulator Complete
 

The whole assemble weights about 15-20lbs. We didn't have time to officially weight it yet.

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I've marked each of the brackets that you could remove by drilling a whole through one of the pieces of 80/20. If you need more information about how to do that let me know. I count 9 in total.

Of course, you only want to drill through once you've got the final positions of everything figured out.