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Re: The afterthought bridge manipulator

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Originally Posted by Mk.32 View Post
We were in the same boat, and it hurt.. a lot...

For off season I am thinking of just strapping a 1.5inch bore Pneumatic cylinder on the side of the robot and using that to push the bridge down.
We had this same idea, we do not run a compressor on the robot though so this would be tough, UNLESS we charged our air before each match and never charged it on the field
Plausible?

I agree that bridge manipulation is invaluable, it's unfortunate that many of us cannot yet do it.