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Re: Ball Launchers? Ideas?

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
I think that using the human method is fine for humans, but since the robot isn't human, teams might need to play around with different methods and see what can be done successfully with the fewest degrees of freedom. In 2006, like I said, teams that used a single wheel shooter that gave the ball a lot of backspin were successful. Think about how it works, and what's required to do it.
The target in 2006 was like throwing a dart at the wall. This year your aiming for a floating hole in the ground. What worked back then probably won't work as well now.
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