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Re: pic: Team 3684 Robot in Progress

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Originally Posted by dchartley View Post
Total weight is looking like 110 lbs. The lead screw lifts aren't really that heavy and make up the frame of the robot. The layout is square and has a lift on each side. The lift fingers attach to trolleys on each lift and are removable to fit in the size constraints. We have had up to 3 totes and a recycling bin on one lift and it still won't tip over.

Doug
That's 110 with all mechanical and electrical + battery hopefully.
That's a prety good weight to be at.
I love the 4-lifter design, and when combined with an omni drive I can see this being really competitive. However, you might want to consider removing a lift and using the weight to add some kind of alignment mechanisum for totes; I think aligning the bot with totes could be difficult.
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