pic: 971's 2008 Robot

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Travis Schuh

we can winch the ball in closer to the center of the robot using timing belt which is attached to the fabric (this allows us to fit within the 80" rule)

Can you explain how you do, in fact, fit inside the 80" rule? I'm going to make a few assumptions, but it should still pan out. Around the 00:30 mark in the video, you flip your gripper out, and the fabric lands past the far side of the ball. Even if we assume the fabric to be infinitely narrow, it must be at least 78" from the back of your robot. The robot is probably 28" wide plus 3" bumpers on each side. sqrt(78^2 + (34/2)^2) = 79.83". Since the fabric does actually have dimensions... it has to be outside. Am I missing something?

In any case, this is a really creative gripper, and it looks to be performing very well. I hope you guys will be able to use it without being penalized.