arm design

Zippiot · #1 25-01-2005, 23:40

for your arms do you plan on using pneumatics or motors or other?
i ask just to see some of the other ideas out there, we have already designed our arm and i am just curious...

CyberWolf_22 · #2 25-01-2005, 23:43

Team 647 will be using a motor powered arm. Also you may want to make this into a poll to be able to view the results easier.

Jeff K. · #3 25-01-2005, 23:48

We're using motors, pneumatics are a maybe...

silliewillie · #4 25-01-2005, 23:48

We will be using pneumatics for our arms

Zippiot · #5 25-01-2005, 23:51

ok the poll is in, happy voting everyone!

Karthik1 · #6 25-01-2005, 23:55

We are using pneumatics and motors for our arm.

Zippiot · #7 25-01-2005, 23:58

i knew i forgot an option...does anyone know how to edit a poll to add another option? if not select other in this case, also if you select other please state the specifics.

MasonMM · #8 26-01-2005, 00:12

we, team 118, are going with a mix between motors and pnuematics. with a few peices of sugical tubing and zipties to help along the way.

RoboCat05 · #9 26-01-2005, 00:14

My team, 399, is using motors and possibly pneumatic assist if we see it is necessary.

Alex1072 · #10 26-01-2005, 00:18

Motors with pnumatic grabber. I think our robot will surprise some people this year or at least turn heads, both in terms of capability, and in terms of improvement from last year. Overkill would be a nice way of summing it up. =p

Ianworld · #11 26-01-2005, 13:23

The main lifting force is a fischer price motor. Pneumatics though are involved in grabbing of tetras and the on field assembly of our arm(it folds up first.)

~Ian

663.keith · #12 26-01-2005, 13:29

our team is thinking of using a mix of pneumatics and motors this year

Projectchon · #13 26-01-2005, 13:33

i think pneumatics is simply better, if you are able to make it stop where you wanted. becasue motors may fry or brake down, and pneumatics are simpler to intsall, but if you are building a arm that move only by pneumatics, you will run out of air quickly.

Motor+Pneumatics

ajlapp · #14 26-01-2005, 13:55

we're by passing pneumatics all together............too heavy for simple single use applications.

motors and ingenuity for us!

Zippiot · #15 26-01-2005, 18:23

pneumatics are more powerful but its an all or nothing solution. you can't stop them halfway through, so if a tetra is just out of place then it may be difficult to pick it up

View Poll Results: pneumatic motors or other for your arm?
motors	64	85.33%
pneumatics	35	46.67%
other	4	5.33%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll

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