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Re: pic: Rachel climbs a tree... 1018
Actually the arm (the horizontal portion) only weighs about 16 lbs. (including the hook and the motor) We don't intend to drive around much with it all the way up in the air. The whole robot weighs in at slighty less than 119 lbs.
The tower and the drive train are NBD... (Nothing but Dewalts...)
Chip motors with Dewalt transmissions... We used a globe motor and a rack and pinion system to move the tower arm...

I believe that the entire robot is simple but quite elegant in its design approach.

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