967 2012 Shooter Test

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967 Shooter Test (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl-Mj-9fSqw)

Shooter test for 2012, inspired by our 2009 robot

[AaronLeondar]

Wow, that's a really clever idea!

Is the metal bar on the top absolutely necessary or does it prevent the ball from going incredibly off-course or losing momentum?

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Is the metal bar on the top absolutely necessary or does it prevent the ball from going incredibly off-course or losing momentum?

The bar compresses the ball pushing it into the bottom wheel, and creates backspin

[aRobotDragon]

cool whats its effective range

[372 lives on]

ORBIT BALL!!!!!

why is it there? is this a secret hint?

[JosephC]

ORBIT BALL!!!!!

why is it there? is this a secret hint?

yes, they are going to have secret orbit balls this year! ;)

Great idea! I'm curious as to what those green tubes are being used for.

[Nemo]

yes, they are going to have secret orbit balls this year! ;)

Great idea! I'm curious as to what those green tubes are being used for.

The reason we decided to try the 2009 robot was because we saw this video (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wileyb-j/6688012541/) from Team 2386. Those shooter wheels seem to be directly driven by a CIM, so we decided to play with our 2009 robot, which also uses a direct driven CIM for a shooter wheel.

Anyway, the green tubes helped the conveyor get the orbit balls into the shooter.

[bdbayes]

Very cool! I like the design.

[Dr Theta]

Looks good. I'm a little disappointed that we won't be seeing you guys this year :( . We enjoyed playing with you guys at 10k lakes last year. Good luck guys it looks like you are off to a good start.

[TechLizzy16]

Awesome idea! Hope it works well for you guys!