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Originally Posted by esisso
we have a freakishly similar design....may i ask what material you used for the "jaw"....also how do you close it up to fit inside starting position.....congratulations on an amazing looking robot
here is our design (sadly we dont have anyone experienced with CAD) so we use chalk and a board...the design is to scale..we have a protoype, much like yours except with a different method of gripping the ball (we used PVC...i dont personally like the pvc idea i like yours much better)

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The Jaws are made from some AL pipes one of our mentors shop had lying around. As to fit in the starting dimensions the Jaws fold up against the arm almost vertically. Its just barely under height restriction and the 80in rule is a little touchy for us. Were gonna have to bend or shorten the jaws slightly