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Originally Posted by Arefin Bari
Can't see the bottom part of the claw but do you guys have the same type of piece on the other side? If yes, how easy is it to pick up the innertube from the floor?
The reason I am asking this is because, we had a similar design at the beginning of the season, then we scrapped it because it would be hard for the drivers to stand behind the driver station and line up with any tube that they can't see. But who knows, some teams do magic. =)
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The bottom piece is slightly different than the top piece. It is designed so the gripper can scoop under the tube and pick it up pretty easily. Like you said, its not easy to pick up off of the floor with the top piece design so we had to make the necessary changes to make it easier. It seems to be working well, but we still have some further testing to do.
BTW, the claw itself is only 2lbs. I am pretty sure that the whole gripper was only about 4~5 lbs.