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Originally Posted by animenerdjohn
Am I correct in assuming you can pickup in either orientation?
I'm really glad someone tried this method.
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Does it collect in either orientation? Yes
Does it shoot? Right now no. We have some issues to work out with the paddle geometry but the stacking works fine and we have made prototypes that have pushed out discs in both orientations just a matter of finding the right combination of features to optimize booth shooting and collecting.
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Originally Posted by vinnie
Good job guys, your robot looks like its coming along great!
Mind if I ask what makes the discs be pushed up in your hopper? I don't mean how the disc is drawn in, but rather how it is inserted underneath the current stack of discs?
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No problem, it's really quite simple and I was surprised when the students came up with it. Basically the piece of material under the stacked discs only extends under about 60% of the disc. From there forward there is a sloping ramp. As the discs hit the ramp they make contact with the collector/shooter wheels and get shot back into the stack under the previous discs. When we fire the lack of a bottom plate doesn't seem to effect our distance that much.