DEWBOT III Arm

Al Koenig, Ben and Kevin test the Arm prototype

Dewbot III ended up with an effective arm for scoring, but this arm had a difficult birth.

The Arm used on Dewbot III has three articulations:

1. A hinge shoulder driven by a pneumatic cylinder
2. A hinge elbow driven by motors and monitored via potentiometer
3. A gripper driven by pneumatic cylinder

The Shoulder articulation was used to deploy the arm for play from the robot's initial staring position. The pneumatic cylinder was retracted and the shoulder folded back for the start of competition (to keep withing the FRC starting envelope dimensions). At the start of Autonomous Play, DEWBOT III's compressor came on and the Shou