[BJC]

Originally Posted by 372 lives on

an arm would be far more complicated and difficult to use then a shooter for picking up balls.

for a shooter that simple all you need is a spinning wheel, plenty ideas if you look around CD or look up videos/ pictures from 2006/2009 competition.

False.

This is our OCCRA robot from this year which was completely student designed and built in a 6 week period. (see attached pic) It sucked up 6 12" balls off the ground and put them in up to 5' high cylindrical goals. I guarentee that if you built something like this to score on the 2 point goals you would have a great season. Just make sure you don't go outside the 14" zone.

A shooter is much more difficult mostly because you need to precisely aim it. There will be many uncompetitve teams this year with shooters that perpetually miss. Don't be one of those teams. In contrast, being able to score 3 balls in the 2 point basket EVERY TIME will get you very far into elims at most regionals.

Regards, Bryan