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Re: Manipulator Torque (A Bit Scary for Us)

You might try to see if you can put a gas spring (available from McMaster-Carr) to support the weight of the arm, that will greatly reduce the load on the motor...we did that on last year's bot and lifted tubes with a long arm and a small banebots motor.