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boe bot gripper kit

rachet9697rachet9697 Posts: 2
edited 2009-08-24 20:18 in Robotics
i was gonna get a gripper kit 4 my boe bot and i wanted 2 know where to get a counterwieght for it. when you pull up the page with the add to cart link it says it is sold separately... where so i get it?!?!?!?!?

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  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2009-08-20 15:46
    The counterweight is nothing special. Anything that weighs a few ounces. Coins, lead sinker, etc. I think you could tape it on to the top of the gripper servo to counter act the weight of the object in the gripper.
    rachet9697 said...
    i was gonna get a gripper kit 4 my boe bot and i wanted 2 know where to get a counterwieght for it. when you pull up the page with the add to cart link it says it is sold separately... where so i get it?!?!?!?!?

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  • rachet9697rachet9697 Posts: 2
    edited 2009-08-24 20:18
    how is that supposed to help? it just something else for the motor to carry. i coluld understand that if the motor was turned vertically.
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