Festo's done it again

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350

It sounds awesome. I like to think of controlling the arm as flying it anyway. How would you tether it to the main part of the bot so that it would not get tangled, would be able to fly freely, and not leave the 84 inch cylinder?

1.) Make a block of mini anderson connectors, energy chain, and plenty of driver practice to learn the limitations.

2.) An automated tether manager that reels in the energy chain depending on how high the quadrotor is.

[qzrrbz]

That is beautiful.

I gotta wonder what they are using for power!

[WarpSpeed10]

Wow, that is so awesome! Leonardo Da Vinci would be proud.

[EricVanWyk]

I forwarded this link to my mom, who is a high school chemistry teacher and FRC mentor. She showed it to her students, and got the expected oooohs and ahhhhhhs.

And then one student asked "What is that?", to which another student said "What I want to work on when I grow up".