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Re: Arm Designs

My first impression is that (sorry Pete) a forklift would work better. Besides being a lot easier for drivers to use, it's easier to get multiple points of contact on the tetra with a forklift than an arm. If you try to grip a tetra with an arm that only makes contact at one point, you need to make sure you have it gripped hard enough to keep it from rotating. But if you make contact at multiple points it's harder for the tetra to move.
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