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Re: Tetra Manipulators

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Originally Posted by russell
Something that can hold the tetra flat (like it would rest on a flat surface) by one of the bottom corners, or pvc pipes is going to work best as far as height.

Or pick the tetra up from the bottom PVCs and hold it tilted at an angle towards the robot. That way, you wouldn't have to get the tetra as high up as the goal, just almost.. and then tilt it away from the robot, lower the tetra however low it must go, and then move away.

At least.. in theory, that works. I'm working with 6 unsharpened pencils, put together like a tetra with scotch tape .. and two other, separate pencils with a part of an unused row of small staples taped to them to test out my grabber ideas
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