Single Motor Claws

VEX V5 General Discussion Technical Discussion
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There doesn’t seem to have been much discussion regarding single motor claws. I’m curious to see what people have come up with.
The only 2 single motor claws I know of are 6210X’s claw, and the claw I built:
Geoff 11 Single Motor Claw Testing - YouTube

While 2 motor claws are more effective over all, (we have since switched back to the 2 motor design) it seems 1 motor claws are quite viable, the claw in the first video was capable of holding 3 stars without motor power.
Mainly, what would you use that extra motor for if you had it? More lift power perhaps?

2

It was a really good idea to change to the 2 motor idea because it’s more of an endurance thing than a strength thing. But, I would use the extra motor for my high hang.

3

Thats true with some designs, but the claw I built in the video above never stalled or slowed down, specifically because it required very low power to hold objects.

4

Yeah, our claw wasn’t that good because of the way our claw arms were made.