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Re: Team 73 Defensive Bot (Almost There)

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Originally Posted by Brandon Holley View Post
It's always fun to see robots who take "alternate" game approaches.

One suggestion I would make is to add some sort of a gate at the bottom of your catching hopper so that the balls dont necessarily start firing as soon as one drops in. That way your not collecting a blocked shot only to bury it right back into the other team.

Good luck.

-Brando
Thanks Brando! We were considering methods to reduce the likelihood of 'face smacking' opponents with balls. Due to time we may just have to stop the shooter or run it in reverse until we are ready to fire. If we had more time a gate would be the way to go!