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Re: Off-season project ideas?

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yeah, we do have a great cart, but it doesn't raise. also i'd like to do it to just play around with pneumatics a little, although to lift the robot from say 6" to a comfortable working height like 3'6" or more would require a hell of a lot of force. we haven't used pneumatics (to the best of my knowledge) in the long long history of team 8, but to lift a bot that much would require more than most gas springs have (we should have a few shorter ones lying around, though). would a scissor lift be a good idea here?
That's what we use. Works like a dream. Uses a drill to power the lift.
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