Re: Servo Strength
 

I don't mean to abuse you any more, but just for the sake of reference, it looks like this rule has existed since at least 2005. (Specifically allowed by 2005's <R38>)

Re: Servo Strength
 

Could the servo be strong enough to motor a gripper mechanism for holding the Ringers? Has any one tried to use it for that purpose? My team is looking into doing that. The Ringers are pretty light so we think it may work.

Re: Servo Strength
 

servos may not be very strong by themselves, but you can design fairly simple systems using servos that achieve very effective results.

EXAMPLE: If you looked at a few teams last year (293 comes to mind), they used servos to engage pins into their drive train and lock it up therefore making a brake. Servos by themselves may be weak, but a good engineer could make servos do all kinds of things. Servos = sweet

Re: Servo Strength
 

My team discovered as we were assembling the camera that the servos in the kit are meant to be used to pan/tilt the camera. Since we are running purely off of our KoP, we're going to try and use one of the window motors for this instance, which is sure to hold the weight.

Right?

Re: Servo Strength
 

Certainly, a window motor should be more then enough to mantipulate or power a gripper for a ringer. We just wanted to know if the servo had enough power to grip a tube because we wanted to be real minimal in weight.

Re: Servo part number allowed???
 

Rule 45 indicates additional HS322-HD servos may be used.

On Page 58/59 of Q and A, GDC indicates that the HS322-HD may be used.

This is confusing because the the sevos that came with the kit are the HS322 without the HD designation.

Does this mean that the camera must be operated with the HS322 but if you want additional servos besides the 2 for the cam, you have to get the HS322-HD?

REgards
Frank