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Originally Posted by Oblarg
Unfortunately, FRC-legal servos are so weak that I've yet to actually find an application for them. I'm sure someone, somewhere has used them effectively on their robot, but I haven't.
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FRC0330, back in '05 and I think in '00.
Both were used as latches, and as I recall the one from '00 had some assistance from a spring. (Used to lock a winch with a pin--might have been replaced by a short-throw cylinder.) The one in '05 was rigged to drop a thin sheet of Lexan. Why a thin sheet of Lexan, you ask? It's really nice to be able to deny someone who is trying to jam you against a goal half of their traction. There was no retract mechanism, though.
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Past teams:
2003-2007: FRC0330 BeachBots
2008: FRC1135 Shmoebotics
2012: FRC4046 Schroedinger's Dragons
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