hi my team is new we just won our kickoff with the basebot but we want to change it so can anyone give us claw designs (we wont copy them just for ideas)

Ratchet claw, intaking claw, roller claw, red claw, and green claw. Look these up online like “green claw vex v5” and it will show links and stuff. The red (like the first reply) and the green are both prebuilt. But red is better to to how much you can add to it. Ratchet claw (if look up on YouTu…

Welcome to the forum! The VEX prebuilt claw is one option: [IMG1516]

Yeah, that was our original claw that we used, but it didn’t really have the shape to hold a pin and keep it stable. Thanks.

Thanks, there are some good ideas.

If that’s your problem than my team used a mechanism to extend the base claw upwards a bit using screws to make sure it could lock a pin inside of a cup so it couldn’t fall out and it works pretty well

Claw designs and help

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NerdyNerd327 November 4, 2026, 5:23pm 3

Here is a post that can help.