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Originally Posted by thefro526
Did you change your gripper? I thought you used the suction cup before(or mabey I'm crazy)
I'm the lovin the See-Saw
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Yeah, we had a pre-ship crisis when we realized that the suction cups are *extremely* sensitive to the pressure in the tubes. At the beginning of the season, tubes stay nice and inflated all the time. By the end of build, ours were starting to become a bit ratty, and we soon found out just how picky the vacuum cup is to inflation pressure.
The arm you see on there is a Friday-before-ship modification, but it works great, and makes it easier to hold tubes during autonomous. Better than last year, where we worked around a day-before-ship overhaul, and a complete first regional rebuild!
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