Beatty's 2004 Robot

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Originally Posted by mzitz2k

Second possbility:
They will build a machine that is similar to Team 190. I think they will have a five arm system - yes five, independent arms! One arm will grab the bar in autonomous, the second and the third arms will defend the rest of the bar, the fourth arm will be able to cap and uncap their stationary goal, and the fifth arm will be able to cap and uncap the opponents stationary goal. Bottom line: They will get on the bar very fast, hang, defend, uncap, and cap the respective goals.

5 Arms??? You have them having one arm for their goal, and one arm for their opponents goal....Why not just have one arm and have their gear (or in our case capstone) above the bar so that they arm can go up and over the bar like ours? It works quite well, and it can be controlled and very quick if perfected.