Arm and grabber design test video

[s_forbes]

Originally Posted by synth3tk

Also, that's a really unique concept. How did you guys come up with the idea?

As I recall it sprouted from a discussion about last year's pinching mechanisms. We were talking about the benefits of a wide grabber and this concept emerged.

Originally Posted by Daniel Krastev

<R14> When a ROBOT is in its STARTING CONFIGURATION, no part of the ROBOT shall extend outside the vertical projection of the FRAME PERIMETER.

How are you going to configure your manipulator such that it doesn't extend past the front C-Channel before the start of the match?

That's a whole separate problem to work with...I think that rule ruins a lot of peoples' days

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Daniel Krastev
FRC 3017
Captain of Engineering

We think we have that part figured out as well. As a matter of fact, I think the manipulator we're considering at the moment would stay in the 60" cylinder with this gripper attached. Here's a hint as to the approach we're taking.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

We think we have that part figured out as well. As a matter of fact, I think the manipulator we're considering at the moment would stay in the 60" cylinder with this gripper attached. Here's a hint as to the approach we're taking.

That's 84 inches now....

[dtengineering]

If only there had been a three-year old sitting on the back of the robot until the last ten seconds of the test.....

The beauty of this post isn't just that it shows an idea for a gripper that might help inspire teams, but that it shows a great way of prototyping a concept. We've built all sorts of mock ups over the years, but never thought to do it this way!

Brilliant!

Jason