01-13-2006 02:38 PM

BuddyB309

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

How does this work?

01-13-2006 02:51 PM

Brandon Martus

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

There's some (but not much) discussion going on here too:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41478

01-18-2012 12:58 PM

=Martin=Taylor=

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

In a game where the bumpers significantly limit your ability to gather balls...

...I am very surprised that I'm the only one looking at this pic

01-18-2012 01:02 PM

EricLeifermann

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

Trust me you're not, you're just the only one who posted about it...

01-18-2012 02:31 PM

Wiifi

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

It looks like it works kind of like a waterfall... The two sides each push the ball towards the center, and the center pushes the ball into the robot. This actually reminds me of minecraft and the creep farms I used to make!

Also BlazinFire47, I like your avatar! Our team name is based off of the Zoids.

01-18-2012 03:29 PM

Chris is me

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

Come on guys, why did you have to post in this thread and give people ideas?

01-18-2012 05:59 PM

=Martin=Taylor=

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

I'm not mentoring, so these robots you're building better be competitive if I'm going to bother watching the game

01-18-2012 06:52 PM

BrendanB

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

Team RUSH27 had something very similar in 2006.

01-18-2012 06:55 PM

Alex.q

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

I like it, but it looks heavy and how much time would something like this really save you in collecting the balls? Is it really necessary?

01-18-2012 06:58 PM

Andrew Schreiber

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

You weren't I just didn't need to look at it since I had it handy in my head the day of kickoff

And 08 if you look close. (I cheated, my brother helped build their 08 bot)

It can be done lightly.

01-18-2012 07:01 PM

BrendanB

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

How well would you say it worked out for you in 2006/how much did you use it?

I know you used it in 2008 but the application was a little different then a drop down harvester for smaller objects!

01-18-2012 07:04 PM

Andrew Schreiber

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

I was a pretty big fan in 06. It basically said that when we touched the ball it was ours. Similar in 08. It also helped with getting balls out of corners.

01-18-2012 08:01 PM

lcoreyl

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

Which is itself great, but it also appears to solve the many into one problem, no?

is there much of a problem if you are trying to move the robot while picking up?

01-18-2012 08:06 PM

Andrew Schreiber

Re: pic: CD 7 ball harvester

I don't recall there being a huge one but that will also be a function of the rate you are moving compared to the rate the belts are running.