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Unread 17-01-2005, 10:54
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Re: Telescopic Arm and grabber design help

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Originally Posted by RbtGal1351
we did a teloscoping arm-ladder last year to hang with, and it was very reliable on hanging...last year was our rookie year, and we used a cable that did NOT change length to extend it. the geometry was so that all the segments were parallel....
In addition, we did some experiments and found that the robot can go into this year's competition nearly unmodified (not that we would, or could per the rules). We'd only need to change the manipulator on the end (which, in theory, could be just a stick).

Here's some pictures from the Silicon Valley regional SVR
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