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Re: Our robot is done!

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Originally Posted by Brad Voracek View Post
Here's what will probably end up being our final design for this year, with the chassis and the scissor lift (that's what's under that sheet metal). I know everyone says no scissor lifts, but I think we can do it, and it's one of the more efficient methods we thought of, for what we want to do.

... don't mind the cardboard ball. ;P

Questions?
If that's not a prototype manipulator, you may want to make your manipulator a lot more rigid.

Since the two claws only look like they are about 0.5" diameter aluminum tubing, as soon as another team runs into those, or your driver accidentally runs into the wall at the far end of the playing field, they are going to be bent. There are only so many times you can bend them back until they snap.
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