pic: Team #8's Tube Interface

[Guy Davidson]

That's the $1,000,000 question. Since we're still at the prototype stage, we haven't moutned the whole thing, and haven't tested it. We'll have to see soon. Hopefuly it does it easily enough to write simple code or have the arm driver do it himself.

Originally Posted by Alekat

I assume with those two wheels you could also rotate the tube in your grabber by running them in opposite directions?

I must say it's brave of you to be putting up a prototype for widespread speculation. And on that note, have you thought about interference from the huge flange? Or do these two wheels mean to sort of project the tube a short distance?

Exactly. That's the main benefit we see from this desgin - we'll have a lot more control without adding an extra degree of freeedom on the arm.

We decided to to put it up, and here's why: If someoen does copy it, which is against GP and unspoken code, he'll not do it as well as we do, because we designed it. If we help someone, good for them and good luck in competition. Otherwise, we're just proud of our work and showing it!

-Guy