Thread: [FTC]: Mini Linear Acutator Legal for FTC?
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Re: [FTC]: Mini Linear Acutator Legal for FTC?
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Originally Posted by pilum40 View Post
I've been working with some of my sophomores and we have come up with a ballcapping mechanism that uses a gripper claw with a small linear acutator in the center pushing the two claw fingers out and in. We used a Dart acutator in FRC but were not sure if using a linear acutator would be legal in FTC. Any pearls would be welcome.

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Steve Miller
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Your key things would be:

1) One degree of freedom (RM02)
2) Legal servo controller (RE08)
3) Legal motor (RE09) or servo (RE10)

What you're describing isn't common that I've seen (elevator-style lifts are more common), but I hope you pull it off!
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