Thread: Three joint arm
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Re: Three joint arm

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Originally Posted by Ekcrbe View Post
A few people have mentioned surgical tubing to help out the motors. Definitely look into this or maybe air shocks, which we used last year on our arm.
While air shock look nicer than surgical tubing, the nice thing about surgical tubing is that you can tune it to the right strength. Unless you are trying to do something with a lot of power(ie. lifting your robot off the ground), usually surgical tubing is fine.
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