08-04-2012, 01:06
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Missouri S&T Senior
 FRC #2410 (BV CAPS Metal Mustang Robotics) Team Role: College Student
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Posts: 2,376
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Re: IRI - Dates, Info and Rule Ideas
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Originally Posted by Duke461
There's an easy fix to this. I saw the driver on 836 at washington, D.C. do this before every match. He would take the two basketballs, that were to be pre-loaded, set it on the ground while holding it with both hands, and used his knee as a "pogo stick", jumping around, squishing and compressing the basketball with his knee. It seemed to work pretty well, they made nearly every auton shot and were finalists. Now for the rest of the basketballs in teleop? Well, either convince the other five alliances to do the same, or add some pneumatic "drum" to your robot to squish them down a bit.
-Duke
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I tried that in Oklahoma and simply received a stern talking to by one of the refs and almost kicked off the field... I recall seeing a video on CD of a student doing that and the ref standing in close proximity not caring. Is there a specific rule that frowns upon this action?
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