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[Jim Schaddelee]

Thanks for your very good questions.

The tetra rests and hangs on the ball and if you look closely there is a small plastic tube which keeps it from sliding down the arm. Here is our plan in a nutshell. we are going to go to the auto load zone and load 2,3,0r 4 tetra on the robot top of the small tetra that is mounted to our robot .This is done with either are arm or we have a inner arm that rides inside our main arm . The top motor is for moving our kicker that knocks the tetras off the loading zone onto the robot ( this happen quite quickly)then we will grab one tetra and start placing 1 then 2 and then 2 or maybe 3 at a time .

thanks again for interest in team 107 robot

Jim schaddelee

Originally Posted by BurningQuestion

Does the tetra grabber exert some kind of a force on the tetra to hold it in place? Or does the tetra just rest there? What is it like to pick tetras off the floor with it? Can you elaborate on the design of it please?
I see what (perhaps?) looks like a winch mechanism on top of your secondary arm, near where it rotates off of the main tower. What is that used for?
Also, the "tetra" that is mounted on your chassis: is it used to stack and store tetras? If so, I like it... it's a clever idea.

Great job team 107!