eek Have you guys seen these: https://www.servocity.com/html/micro_gripper_kit.html
A new micro gripper from servo City for $6.99, WOW! 
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Sharp IR Radar
— Radar-style Sharp IR scanner for EZB ADC: sweeps sensor, displays distance dots, logs ADC voltage, and can steer/avoid obstacles via Movement Panel
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AWESOME FIND!
Gotta love servo city
Yeah those are pretty cool, thanks for sharing! Any idea if they are lasered acrylic or aluminum/steel? I'm guessing they anodized aluminum but I can't be certain....maybe someone could call them tomorrow, I just tried and they were closed.
Well don't underestimate the power of Twitter, turns out that servo City is active on Twitter and I got a response back from them very quickly, the material is: 1/8" Delrin