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[robocodepodcast]

How about claw designs? Our team broke down the latest teaser video from FRC and for the REEFSCAPE game. We believe this will be a pick and place game that requires a claw type intake and delivery method for both square and round game pieces. Does anyone have a reference design related to this?

[superdude311]

I’ve found in all the past games, claws don’t usually work as well as “rolly grabbers” such as in 2023 (multiple sets of rollers to squeeze cubes/cones), due to either large pneumatics or slow and flimsy lead screws. If you really want to use a claw, I’d look at all the 254 2023 gripper designs in their tech binder

[howlongismyname]

We are now moving dicussion and updates to the Pre-season thread. Thank you for your support!

FRCDesign.org - Preseason Updates

New Website Updates! It’s been a while since our last update, but we’ve been working hard with updates to improve several aspects of the website. “Focusing on Improvement” Page An important part of learning robot design is continuous improvement. Due to the depth of the content, it is important to reflect and identify ways to improve more efficiently. We’ve added a page in 1A, right before the first exercise, to help guide your thought process so you can improve more efficiently and learn desi…

[Leia-Gremlin]

Absolutely amazing resource. I’ve found a lot of success working through the learning course, and it shows. My cadding has gotten much faster and of higher quality, not just for FRC, but in general. I’d highly recommend this to anyone who’s interested in learning FRC specific cad practices or to team leaders trying to figure out how to get new students up to speed. Thank you very much to the contributors for putting together such an awesome resource.