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Dexter by Haddington Dynamics for the arm. Pico Flexx for the depth sensor.

Deeply appreciative of your feedback. Long term, we want to install a force control sensor. The arm actually has a mode that detects negative torque so we may tap into that.

Might reach out to you separately for some follow ups - thanks again for the guidance here.

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I've actually built a Dexter with the guys from HD. One of the beauties of that arm is its ability to force sensing inherently, at least the version I have. I doubt you'd need additional force sensing capabilities on top of what you get from Dexter.

However, I suspect you're near the arm's payload limit with the clipper setup. Feel free to reach out. I get to the Bay Area every semester or so.

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