[Doug G]

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair

Ummm....I'm not sure it's as articulated as you think. It appears that the arm is made out of pvc, and all the joints aren't articulated. The curve at the end appears to be so to allow their end effector to stay inline with the main arm. Although that is one pretty pimp end effector. It swivels! So I count 3 joints, and one pimp grabber! ( shoulder, elbow, wrist, pimp grabber)

Anyone from 191 want to help us out?
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I don't think you could make a ten joint arm in first, barring pnuematics. 4 cims, 1 window, 1 van door, 1 jideco, 2 fisher price, a globe, and a machubuchi. Soooo......with 2 drive motors, you're 1 motor short. But.......a nine motor arm could be done............

We tried a three jointed arm in 2003 with a pnuematic claw at the end and another pnuematic claw/plow at the base. The whole arm was about 9' long and could be laid down flat and went under the 14" bar. We used all but one motor (van door?). Unless you are really good at programming a great control system, be careful about two many articulations, we found it very difficult to control it all during the heat of competition - but it was a lot fun! Here's a pic... 2003 Team 701 bot picture