On the day of the challenge, we had assembled the car and realised some problems on it. Firstly the gear was not exactly flat and the arm could not stick properly on it. Also, when the moving arm came to a close, it clashed with the stationary arm, therefore making it unable to carry the can properly. (Pictures will be up soon.) Here is how we tackled the problems:
1) Since the arm could not be glues we drilled holes into the gears and screwed it in withe the arm. This is what led us to our second problem of the arms clashing with each other in the closed position.
2) Since the arms were clashing, on the mechanism plate, we carefully tightened some screws and loosened some screws. Therefore, making one arm slightly higher than the other without compromising on the power of the grip or risking and arm falling off. At the end, nothing went wrong and everything had gone according to plan.
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