pic: Aiming High with Balloons!

[Pat Arnold]

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[JulieB]

Reminds me of the 2003 BEST robotics game.
"Party who is bring the balloons?"

no worry team 1523 2006 AIM HIGH robot can bring them

[Greg Marra]

I am extremely sure that any ballon that went through our shooter would pop. Were you able to fire these?

[Dan Petrovic]

I was a little concerned when I saw the word "balloons".

But when I saw 1523's catapault bot, I was relieved.

[Pat Arnold]

The catapult worked great and to our surprise fired the balloons without any problems or popping them. Unfortunately the autonomous "dance" was meant for a full size field, so our bot "tripped" and fell on the mid-field ramp very early in its routine (but still fired off a balloon lying on its side). Now we're thinking about renting it out for birthday parties! ;)

http://www.marsbot.org/upload/files/P1020036[1].JPG (http://www.marsbot.org/gallery/?g2_itemId=8638)

[Gabe]

After doing our own robot demo today, and having forget all of poof balls *smacks head*, we improvised with balloons. To keep the balloons from popping, inflate it so that it is approximately the same size as a poof ball. Then take duct tape in small strips (long strips rip balloons) and cover every square inch of the wannabe-poof ball. The duct tape prevents the balloons from snagging and popping. This idea works great! Try it! :D

[miketwalker]

After doing our own robot demo today, and having forget all of poof balls *smacks head*, we improvised with balloons. To keep the balloons from popping, inflate it so that it is approximately the same size as a poof ball. Then take duct tape in small strips (long strips rip balloons) and cover every square inch of the wannabe-poof ball. The duct tape prevents the balloons from snagging and popping. This idea works great! Try it! :D

Wow.... just wow. Good stuff.

[Pat Arnold]

As said above "Wow". Ain't duct tape grand! Great problem-solving.