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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley

We prototyped a very similar claw to 330 circa 07 using the retracting foot. The retracting foot works well, but it does require the foot to actually lift the tube off the ground a small amount to get it into the gripper. This was a relatively small problem to overcome, but one way to circumvent it would to do what 399 did here and pivot the top like a more "standard" type claw.

-Brando

Yes this is exactly why we went with this method of implementation. The arm is also not a telescoping arm and will have an "elbow". So this implementation was easier to develop with the articulating arm. Full robot photos to follow soon.

Also our minibot prototype can be found here.