Re: 7-Shot Autonomous Club
 

The High Rollers have a gimble/turreted shooter on top so I don't think they have to 180. I admired their turret design from last years at Champs. That thing is deadly accurate

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Their turret cannot rotate all the way around. The loader is behind it.

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Our robot would be physically able to do 9 without turning, although there isn't enough time in auto and we wouldn't be ready programming-wise anyways.

Our shooter is facing opposite the pickup and we can lift up the pickup to drive over frisbees without moving them. A robot like ours could start behind the pyramid, shoot 3, back up and grab 2 centerline frisbees, shoot, lift up the pickup, drive til it hits the alliance wall, lower the pickup, back up and grab the remaining 4 frisbees, shoot. But all that has to be done in 14 seconds (the last frisbee has to be in the goal before auto ends)

I am going to make the call right now that we will never see a 9-disk auto. But I hope I'm proven wrong.

Re: 7-Shot Autonomous Club
 

We ran 7 shot auto modes throughout the majority of the Chestnut Hill District Event, though we only went 7/7 once (like 33, we are working through some of the difficulties associated with putting the shooter on an arm). Should be better for Vegas :)

Re: 7-Shot Autonomous Club
 

They could do the same as 2590, run over the discs under/in-front of the pyramid and then back up to load them. Teams like 1986 couldn't do that with the mid-field discs, since it would involve crossing mid-field.

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1241 doesn't have the ground clearance for that, they push the disks they run into.

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They even got stuck for a whole match on an upside down disk at GTRE

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In Quarters 3 Match 2, we had a 12 disk auton w/ 1939 & 1987!

Re: 7-Shot Autonomous Club
 

I believe you are referring to our first practice match on Thursday where a disk flipped upside down and lodged it self in at an awkward angle between our robot and the floor. That was an anomaly it was a mistake on our part and that will never happen again. You are correct in saying our drive train has a low ground clearance so we end up shoving any disk we come in contact with. As for the 7 disk auto I wont say much, only a couple days till we compete this week at Waterloo :D

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I believe that is the match I'm remembering. From where I was standing (the OUT gate), it looked like the upside-down frisbee had somehow gotten itself completely under one of your wheels. I'm really not sure how that could have happened, given the ground clearance.

Re: 7-Shot Autonomous Club
 

Updated the list.

Regarding 9 shot, I wholeheartedly disagree; I'm confident we'll see one or two teams pull it off :D

Re: 7-Shot Autonomous Club
 

624 has gotten a couple of 7 disk on the practice field, but as of yet to hit in a match. Hopefully we can join this group while at Alamo. It is all about the pick-up.
About getting 9, my opinion, it will happen, it's all a matter of timing. Is there enough time, "yes with a quick bot that is accurate". If someone has the ability to pick up off both ends (forward and backwards) without requiring a 180 spin to pick up and another to shoot, 9 is not out of the realm of possibilities. Can 1986 modify their current/build a scoop for the back-end by Worlds? That is the question.

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We had just tested our code last night and we were successful 4 times in a row that last time it just missed picking it up but still shot the other three. I guess we will wait to see how it works at West Michigan

Re: 7-Shot Autonomous Club
 

To be fair...

Though it was an allusion that was also a "that'd be cool to see", which is basically as good as a "the Poofs said..." to CDenizens. That it's now impossible makes me think of a sad panda face :(

Re: 7-Shot Autonomous Club
 

If you say so...

We have a 7 disc that works on our practice field (and worked great before SD, too), but some differences in the two robots caused it to not work well at SD.