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Originally Posted by dodar
You use the chain as the means of moving the ball?
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yup, after lots of prototype testing we found that the chain does not hurt the balls in any way other than getting some grease on them. testing included running chain at a moderate speed and pushing a ball against it as hard as possible for about a minute. that being said we only compress the balls about 1 inch on the robot itself. the motor/gear reduction is a banebot 550 with a 5:1 which gets the ball from the floor to the shooter in about 1.6 seconds.