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Originally Posted by Karthik1
Well there are a lot of difficulties with this design, the four blocks in the corners are for crab steering which would be impossible to program especially for a team with limited programming resources. Another is weight, looking at that picture it would be way over weight. Then comes the length of the arm, the max reach for this design as it is would be about 8ft straight up, which would be much less at capping height. There is also a few redundant things like why is there crab steering and a turret arm, wouldn't one be sufficient.
Yeah, we have considered crabbing a few times, but discarded the idea, considering that it takes a ton of programming, a ton of materials, and a ton of weight.... But crabbing would be an advantage at getting tetras faster and more efficient... I have been told that the 2003 WildStang championship winner robot had crab steering (havent been there to see it but i've heard well about it)... There's something to consider.... But there are always risks to take when encountering new things like crabbing. The turret arm, however is a pretty neat idea.
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