I'm entering a robotics competition. What is the easiest way to pick up a ply-wood box 18x18x18 cm, using some robotic arm mechanism perhaps, or something like that?
I figured sliding something underneath the box would be easy, but:
1. The robot is enclosed in light plywood walls, around 10 inches high, and located 6 cm away from the box, from 3 sides. The walls must not fall as you pick the object up.
2. The object must then be places into a similar cubbyhole, but it's 4 inches elevated. Again, surrounded by plywood from 3 sides.
I'm fairly a beginner, so nothing to complicated.
I'm thinking 2 parallel robotic arms, capable of moving vertically with some rubber grip type thing at the end, which will open/close to hold the object. What say?