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Re: pic: FRC 499 Rock'em Sock'em robot

We are a herding robot and the boxing gloves give us a larger sweet spot for knocking the trackball down. We had some 0.500" pneumatics on the robot originally but they were a just a bit underpowered for our mechanical design and rather than redesign we beefed up the pistons. We don't run them at the full 60 psi so the forces are less. That is eagle orange 85 durometer polyurethane vee belting. Once you get the correct tension on these belts they seem to work just fine. We don't have any scrimmage tests with these belts but I have seen the wheels slip on the carpet during a turn...
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