After Kansas City Team 967 decided to build a bridge balancing arm. We decided on a design inspired by HOT team. Although we could get a triple balance in about 20 seconds on the practice field at Wisconsin (Thanks to teams 706 and 2506), we were never able to attempt the triple during an actual match.
The arm also helps from tipping during single and double balances, and also from getting balls from hard to reach places.
Here is a practice triple balance in our shop with our practice robot, and 2011 robot.
And a closeup of the arm
