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Talking Re: New CAD of our claw arm configuration

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Originally Posted by poohbear View Post
intriguing!

Thanks people! and also to spill another part of the design, we have algorithms set for the exact shots we want that makes the robot 99% computer and the claw doesn't actually rely on the servo power as a force to hold it in. It's held in by our calculations of the mu of friction of urethane to urethane between a urethane mold over the claw fingertip and the ball. So the servo gets a 1.1x boost and doesn't have to hold the ball, just apply perpendicular force.
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