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Re: Team 2363 ball gathering and lifter prototype

I like how all of the balls fall off in the same direction and it's consistent. Good idea having one of the rollers lower than the other to that end. However, it looks like you may have some tension issues; at one point in the video a ball falls out of the tower. I say this because you are using drills in the video instead of allowed motors, and you may find yourself getting a lot more power from the drills than the motors you may intend to afford.

Ultimately, my question is this: which motors are you thinking of using, and how much are you willing to sacrifice speed for power for the sake of consistency? I like that it is fast now, but now much of that speed are you willing to and expecting to sacrifice?