Team 842,The Forbes Arm, Mach-1

[falconmaster]

Here is an arm that Steve Forbes, a former NERD 1726 helped us to develop. He works for Intel now and is in town so help mentors here now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYP4pshmW3k

Motors, and grabber coming soon!

[Joe G.]

Its designs like this that make me see why some people were disappointed to see the 60" rule leave.

Beautiful!

[Mike Betts]

Elegant...

[1086VEX]

woah...wasn't expecting that!! engineering and creative thinking at its finest!!

[Chris is me]

To put it simply, Steve Forbes is a genius. Awesome arm this year.

[eedoga]

I'm really impressed with how simple and effective this design is. Great work you guys.

[Aren_Hill]

I highly approve of this, I'm a fan of more linkage use past 4 bars, more fun to watch.

[liam.larkin]

The elegance is overwhelming

I can imagine how effortlessly this will go from the floor to the scoring pegs.

I am a fan

[IndySam]

Very sweet solution. Nice work.

[Duke461]

Very nice design. Can't wait to see that in action at a competition.

[s_forbes]

Great to see it coming together guys! Hopefully we can get power to it (and a driving base underneath) this weekend and the coming week.

Another fun point to mention about this arm mechanism is that the gripper will fit in the starting dimensions, so no hinge mechanism or "unfolding" will be needed at the beginning of the match. I was pleasantly surprised to see it all work out that way. Certainly a fun concept! Though I think Falcon Arm might be a better name.

[MrForbes]

He takes after his mom

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

Great to see it coming together guys! Hopefully we can get power to it (and a driving base underneath) this weekend and the coming week.

Another fun point to mention about this arm mechanism is that the gripper will fit in the starting dimensions, so no hinge mechanism or "unfolding" will be needed at the beginning of the match. I was pleasantly surprised to see it all work out that way. Certainly a fun concept! Though I think Falcon Arm might be a better name.

You are too modest! Your contribution has been invaluable, I wish you were here every day!

Hopefully the banebots come soon!

[Brandon_L]

Originally Posted by Joe G.

Its designs like this that make me see why some people were disappointed to see the 60" rule leave.

Beautiful!

I thought you still had to be within 60" at the start of the match?

[Rangel(kf7fdb)]

Originally Posted by Brandon_L

I thought you still had to be within 60" at the start of the match?

You have to be within your frame perimeter at the start of the match. You used to have to be within a 60 inch cylinder after the start of the match. That cylinder is now 84 inches.