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Re: Robot Lifting
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Originally Posted by MikePres
Me and couple of my teammates had this idea that we call "wings". basically we thought of folded arms that unfold outside the robot and create 2 forklift-like platforms on both sides of the robot.

Our mentors said it's impossible and we're gonna break our wings on our first try.
what do you think?
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Someone did something similar to this in 2007. Granted it wasn't as high, but they made it work. I belive they way they did it was each "wing" was rotated up once the alliance partners were on them. Then a leg would pop down to hold the wing in place after power down. It was kinda cool to watch
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