Thread: Suction gripper
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Re: Suction gripper

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Originally Posted by Jibri Wright View Post
You can design a claw that grabs from the inside of the cone. That way gravity will keep it in place. You can add to that by putting a piston or linear actuator parallel to the arm of the gripper to push the cone onto the horizontal pole. I can CAD what I mean but after our build season.
Good point. OP, look at the Logo Motion game from 2011. There were a few robots that worked to go into intertubes with a claw and position them onto a horizontal peg.