12-09-2011, 09:20
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AKA: Pinecone
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Rookie Year: 2006
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Re: Grippy material
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Originally Posted by s_forbes
We had a miracle grip material for our clamping claw last year; egrips can be bought in tape-like rolls and easily has a COF>1 on just about all materials. By far the grippiest stuff I've ever played with. A little pricey, but I have no doubt we'll use it again in the future. (short demo showing its original intention here) |
So this is that "cell phone grippy case stuff" you guys found. 
We settled for roughtop tread and later surgical tubing to make our pinch claw grippy. Didn't work as well as we hoped.
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