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Originally Posted by JesseK
If you were to change the pickup funnel so it's not centered, you could hit 2 discs simultaneously and not worry about the first one clearing before the 2nd disc comes in and jams the whole thing.
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This was our original idea. If the "funnel" is offset, it has to go over top of the bumpers. Without going into a bunch of the other constraints (non-interference with the shooter, shallow scoop angle), an arm that was long enough to go over the bumpers broke the 54" cylinder when horizontal. With a couple more weeks to tweak, we probably could have made it work. But, this year we are following the motto: Having a good robot early is better than having a perfect robot late.
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Originally Posted by JesseK
You may also be able to increase the belt speed on that side slightly such that the offset side rollers pull disc #1 in faster, making it clear the intake before the 2nd disc's apex gets in front of it. It's pretty easy to increase the belt linear speed by increasing its drive roller slightly.
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This is one of the things we may try, if jamming proves to be a problem. There are many tiny tweaks possible to speed up one side, or slow down the other.