Thread: What should a standard "Pass" be?
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Re: What should a standard "Pass" be?
Thinking more about catching the ball led me to consider the size of the robot. We are allowed to make the extensions very big this year - 20 inches outside the perimeter on all sides simultaneously.

It may make sense to have a big funnel made of two folding arms that pivot on the vertical axis about two adjacent robot corners. These would open to about 80 degrees, for a total width of about 56", or more than twice the ball diameter. The funnel sides could be designed to "trip" and hinge closed towards each other when a sensor plate at the perimeter line is pressed by the ball moving toward the robot.

This could be rather tall as well, giving a very large target area for the robot to make it easy to receive a pass.

Is this nuts?
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