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How does this work?

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

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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 :cool:

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

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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.

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

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

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Team RUSH27 had something very similar in 2006.

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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?

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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?

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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.