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Re: pic: Versa Robot

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Originally Posted by DampRobot View Post
Why did you choose to go double jointed, especially where both are powered by motors? A single jointed arm would be just as effective, and a double jointed arm would likely be prohibitively hard to control.
Since this won't be built, I'm not terribly concerned with controlling it. The main decision to make another joint was just for the sake of added mechanical complexity. Would I build this over something simpler for a game like Logomotion? Probably not. Was it a good CAD exercise for me and did it show the versatility (ha) of the VexPro products? Yeah, I'd say so.
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