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Two important objectives of the project were to enable the customer to grab a rope with minimal effort and to provide substantial gripping force on the order of 50 lbs. In order to demonstrate the prototype's ability to meet these objectives, the team requested that the customer engage a rope and pull against a team member equipped with the first prototype design. This demonstration is shown in Video 1. The video demonstrates that the assistive gripping mechanism can be used to easily grab a rope and secure the rope it against considerable forces.
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