Arm Designs

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I'm a fork truck driver (narrow aisle) and the front end of the truck is heavy and needs to be counter balanced or it'll tip over. I would assume the same would apply to the robot if something similar was made (I think the robot would end up way overweight and also easy to tip over).

But our forklift doesn't need to be on the front of the robot. It could be right in the middle: simply drive underneath the large tetra and deposit your small tetra. That's the advantage of just having tetra frames. You can be inside the big tetra while you cap the little one.

This however, only removes the need for a counterweight, and if I hit you with your center of gravity really high you're going to go a-tumbling.