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Unread 02-05-2012, 22:23
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Re: 2012 Lessons Learned:The Negative

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Originally Posted by Camren View Post
Funny thing about that suggestion. Team 3081 roboeagles seemed to be one of the few who considered that variable which is why we went with a catapult design.
We ended up going with a shooter, but used a force transducer to account for the variability in all but the most extreme situations. We read the force returned as the ball rolled across it and used it to modify a base speed.
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