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Subject: 
How to pick up a CD?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:02:54 GMT
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Brother Lizardo <brother_lizardo@mac.com&spamless&>
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Hello,

Does any one have a good idea for a simple way to pick a CD. I would
like to be able to pick up just the top CD in a pile. Has any one
tried this before?

I looked at haw some CD duplicators worked and they seemed to to use
the center hole for alignment and some form of gripper. I think some
use suction. Has anyone every made a vacuum pump with the pneumatic
parts?




shawn "brother Lizardo"



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  Re: How to pick up a CD?
 
You should have no problem generating enough vacuum to lift a CD using the standard Lego pneumatics. The large pneumatic ram should provide plenty of vacuum. If not, use two. The harder part is how to maintain that vacuum. I can't think of a Lego (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: How to pick up a CD?
 
(...) Can you use the center hole? If yes, you could build some kind of diverging pliers, something that you put in the hole and expand a bit to apply some friction against the edges og the hole. Or if you can use the outer edges, make a three or (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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