[EricH]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

A servo (at least the ones in the kit) is far to small for any task like that. 980 has been the masters of telescoping arms since 2003. In 2003 it was a series of probably 6 or so metal tubes that all slid inside each other. OD of one is the same (slightly smaller actually) as the ID as the next one up. It was mounted at the top of the robot and tilted down stowed. Then when you lift it up byt the time it reaches level, gravity has fed it all the way out.

I remember that one, they held it just slightly extended at the start (so it wouldn't latch). When start came, the arm would sweep up and around, extending as it went. After dealing with the boxes, it went to vertical and slid back in and latched. Nearly creamed people before it was brought under control by the programmers, which didn't take terribly long...