Getting the picture is half the research. Figuring out how it works is the other half. And that is where you come in. Also, I think you’ll find that the way that type of claw is built is far simpler than you are expecting.
TBH if you don’t have time yourself to figure out how to build it why would anyone else have the time to write instructions down on how to build it?
I mean you are the one asking for instructions and if you are training for vex then asking for instructions is not the best thing to do. That team created it from inspiration from another team or they probably designed it. Why can’t you be inspired by them and create your own version?
I don’t want to get political here but you just compared your situation to that of destitution. You don’t have any basic needs not being met, so there’s a stark difference. The misfortune of homelessness is not comparable to that of not being given a tutorial on demand…
And you have a lot of years of VEX ahead of you. You should stumble and fall in your first year and figure things out along the way. I couldn’t build a proper flywheel at the beginning of my second year but we ended up winning 6 tournaments that season (after I figured it out)… You’ll be fine.
I’ll take care of it. I wrote up simple instructions for “hugger” robots or any other type as well (except catapults).
- Find a video of a really good robot.
- Build one that looks just like it.
- Take everything apart and put it together again just so you can make one small change.
- Use completely different gear ratios because theirs was too good to be true.
- Break a potentiometer or two.
- Twist some axles.
- Perfect your robot and tell your coache and teammates that you are likely going to finally win the next tournament.
- Go to the tournament and everything goes wrong. Vow to redesign because your bot was “fundamentally flawed.”
- Repeat steps as many times as you see fit.
You need to change your username to “locktite” because you just locked this thread.
Thank you for saying what needed to be said!
+1
Even on the forum i can’t escape corny jokes 
Keep it civil.
Make a new design it is not hard at all. Or take inspiration from other designs and change it to fit what you need if for. Don’t copy other robots make something unique, no one where will invest the time to make a tutorial for you when you could do it yourself.
pretty much
if you dont want to spend a lot of time researching you should do vex iq
Wow, I’m glad I’m not a 7th grader experiencing the VRC for the first time.
OP - building a claw isn’t that hard, although building a GOOD claw can be.
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Look at the pre-made VEX claw and think about how to scale it up.
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Use Google, like everyone else posting here does. This close-up picture of a simple big VEX claw came up on the first page of hits for me.
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Ask an adult to help you research. There are lots of “claws” in the robot world (frequently called “end effectors”), so why not look at some of them and get some ideas.
Good luck this season.
Thanks. I appreciate it. Finally someone who isn’t rude to me.
I can’t convert my whole robotics class to Vex IQ.
I realize you don’t know it, but they were rude for a reason. You broke a few rules of polite internet society with your posts. Here’s a quick crash course in getting something out of an online forum.
- When you first join an internet community, read. A lot. Much of what you will initially want to know will already have been answered in discussions between members of the community.
- Find the instructions for the forum, the FAQs, and the guidelines for posting. Sometimes those things don’t exist. If they don’t, you have to figure out the rules from watching what other people write. Notice what kinds of questions receive helpful answers.
- When approaching someone to ask for some of their valuable time, insight, knowledge, wisdom, or even (as happens here) their intellectual property, understand that they don’t have to give it to you.
- Don’t expect to receive something for nothing. Communities thrive only when people contribute to them. When next you show up looking for something, bring something to trade.
On that last point, I realize you think you don’t have anything to offer, but you do. Many here like a puzzle. Frame your request that way. Show the fine (and sometimes rude) inhabitants of this virtual village that you tried to do something, or make something, or figure something out. Tell them how far you got. Tell them what solution still eludes you or what insight you lack. You’ll receive help a-plenty.
At the very least, you can bring them the gift of a seventh-grader ready to learn.
There are plenty of people here that likely suspect that’s the stock you’ve brought to the forum. But, as I said earlier, you broke some rules. So, you’ve first got to be told that you’re a privileged, ungrateful snowflake; and lazy. We don’t really know that, of course, but it’s part of the exchange. That’s the barter you entered into, if unwittingly. Next, you’re observed as you make excuses, and complain about the treatment, and get angry, and make unfounded recriminations.
Don’t do those things very long, because the forum can outlast you. There’s only one of you, and a very large supply of people on the other side willing to tweak you. But they’re not doing it to bully you. It’s an exchange, as I said; a barter. And both penance, and an initiation ritual. Your role is to take it in, absorb it, and to figure out what they really wanted you to do. They are providing guidance. It’s like the Socratic method, if practiced by Sun Tzu* and Machiavelli*.
One last point: If you frame your requests the right way, you can get anything from the people here. Working CAD drawings, assembly videos, high-res detailed pictures, sample code, robot parts, computers, software, training, offers to come to your club or school and mentor, invitations to come work with a winning team. It’s all available here.
Just bring something to trade. Understand you’re asking for something valuable. And be gracious.
Good luck.
KYPyro
*(In your copious free time, look up those names. They are above you at the moment, but the principles and strategies in their famous works are familiar to the successful VEX teams, even if the source of the information isn’t known to them.)
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There is something that @kypyro mentioned that resonance with me - respect and basic courtesy.
And to be fair to @MasonatorRobloxxer , it is not just confined to him.
This season, there are 2 main trends/issues that I notice:
- quite a number of forum users that demand info and stuff from other teams
- and sometimes when there were teams that decided to show their robots, there were unfair accusations of them cheating, etc
I count myself as quite a seasoned forum user, but some of the more seniors or perceptive users will notice that there are many seasoned users that are keeping unusually quiet or staying out of the forum this season. And i dont think it is solely because of the setup of the alternative chat forum.
And no… i am not referring to those long gone, good old days. But just one or two seasons ago, there were lots of respect between teams/countries and healthy banters in the forum.
+10000
I wasn’t really demanding, I was just asking if someone could give me some help. By the way I always answer people’s questions if I know the answer. I don’t really expect anything from them in return.