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Re: Team 3489's Catapult Prototype

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Originally Posted by Tom I View Post
If you're throwing that reliably from 25 feet, maybe you could consider specializing in throwing from the other side of the court, say like in your protected alley. This would allow you access to balls automatically from your alliance inbound area, and maybe you'll just always throw from x- distance away. sure it would limit your range of throwing, but hey "The Jack of all Trades is the Master of None." Being amazingly consistent at one thing is better than being somewhat consistent at a lot of things.
Is there a rule that does not allow for using phisical contact with field elements to allign for shot? Could you say mount this catapult in a way that when the robot is touching the field wall and the bridge in your own alley you are perfectly alligned to make a x point shot? If the feeder was on the back end you could pick up additional balls that are rolling down the alley without moving the bot. Maybe have an allience partner feed the balls to you once you plant the robot in that perfect spot.


You may be on the path to design a "sleeper" robot that will surprise some sceptics.
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