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Originally Posted by akoscielski3
We had the same problem in Smoky Mountains. Our bridge manipulator turned out to be the worst part of our robot. We tried to fix it but it eventually became this
So after the regional I started designing. I had 10 pounds to work with, 5 from the old one and then we sacrificed the angle changer on our shooter and will change the speed instead, which gave another 5 ish pounds.
This is what i designed
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Current weight is about 6 pounds. We dont have to add any electronics because the old electronics are still there.
Though for us depending on another robot for a bridge manipulator worked! We are undefeated right now, and won Smoky Mountains. 
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Nice design! Are you running a window motor to power that?