Thread: Arms anyone?
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Unread 10-01-2007, 11:28
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Re: Arms anyone?

If past FIRST robots are any guide, we're going to see a few robots with arms that absolutely do not work. The majority of robots with arms will work but not particularly well. There will be a small number that actually make an arm that is effective and an even smaller number of them will have multiple joints.

The long and the short of it is that arms are hard to make and even harder to make well. Add to that the difficulty in actually controlling an arm and the chances of making one successfully are even smaller.

Matt