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Re: pic: SPARK 562's Robot

The big arm opens and closes. There is plenty of force holding the ball in place. We can pick a big 2x ball up off the floor or the small goal, and place it on the small goal or the tall goal (without climbing the steps). We can also knock the 2x ball off a goal by swinging up under it.

The small balls are picked up by rolling them into the frame, and to dump them we just reverse the direction. There are two drums that spin in opposite directions to do that. The opening for small balls is probably about 24" so it's pretty easy to get them.

By the way, 121, I'm really looking forward to seeing how your 2x ball grabbers work! You have a pretty unique design (as usual).
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Last edited by jeremy562 : 01-03-2004 at 16:52.