Forklift help!!!!!!

[The_Laughing_ManMII]

does anyone have any good desighns for a forklift?

[Scott Morgan]

I'd reccomend looking at the 968/254 robots from last year, and the BeachBot from 04. Those are the best lifts I can remember right now

[The_Laughing_ManMII]

are there any pics of these robots? a visual representation would help...

[lukevanoort]

Picture time:
The aforementioned 254/968
The ultra-tall 111
The extrusion-based 1341
The slick "tube in tube" 980
The unfolding 114
and, finally, the very fast 25

[fordchrist675]

254's was god like last year

i really dont think 25's is smart because it was really wobbly at nationals
it needs to be compact and sturdy with enough counter weight to support the ball

[burkey_turkey]

My team is also going with a forklift design this year, for the first time. We dont want to use 80/20 because it so heavy; what are alternatives for sliding linear motion devices that are still robust enough to lift a ball and a mechanism, while not being as heavy as 2.5 stages of 80/20 extrusion? thanks for the input!

[Guy Davidson]

8020 is really not that heavy of a material. I'd recommend you also look into the stuff Igus gave us, you could potentially use that.

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

Picture time:
The aforementioned 254/968
The ultra-tall 111
The extrusion-based 1341
The slick "tube in tube" 980
The unfolding 114
and, finally, the very fast 25

Thanks for compiling this list of pictures. It's a great list for anyone who needs some inspiration to design a forklift.

[The_Laughing_ManMII]

thanks for the help, sorry admin!