[OWilliamson]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

Now that the season is over, what is your opinion on square buckets? Has anyone who tried them had problems? If so, please describe the problems, and indicate whether the problems could have been attributed to another part of your robot rather than your square hopper, since that is a factor.

I know you were asking about square hoppers, but if you have the resources you can make a very durable circular hopper.

This year our team used a PlasmaCAM to cut out a piece of sheet metal to the exact size, so that when rolled the frisbees would fit with minimal movement. We then just welded it together, and cut out some rings from sheet metal to weld to the outside to help keep its shape. The rings on the outside also made it a lot easier to attach our hopper to the frame.

If you need I can try to find some close up pictures of it.