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Re: 842 Grabber test

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Originally Posted by rcmolloy View Post
Looking really great guys! If you have the capability, you should certainly make the grabber active with some wheels to bring in the balls while shortening the piston stroke length to just clear the ball when shooting. That way, you guys will be able to acquire the ball without having to have any certain precision.
We've discussed this, and may add wheels/rollers to the arm later if we decide they are needed. There is much testing still to be done. At the moment, we like the wide opening that we have on the ball before grabbing, and probably want to keep it as big as possible.
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