pic: How to lift your robot safely

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by Alex Dinsmoor

I just posted a video of us hanging on youtube for your enjoyment

To hang we release our arm, and using break cable we release our hook. The hook is positioned against the horizontal bar, and when we start our winch, the hook falls off the arm and arm falls down. Then we winch ourselves up for 2 points

great motion on your arm, I can see you put a lot of effort into making the deployment of your arm attach to the bar quickly. It certainly must make it easier on your drivers.