[Canon reeves]

We are planning on using a catapult with surgical tubing as our strength, a hexagon to cradle the ball, and a shift and winch system. We also are planning on having a long kitbot with a high geared six motor drive train. One thing we are also weighing through is our floor feeder needs to be able to take hits and not shear off. And since we plan on having a long base, the ball is wider than our robot so a floor feeder above the ball will be hard to keep within the frame. We thought about two wheels on the side that grab it, than lift it into catapult, this would allow it to start in bumper zone then the feeder shoots down, we drive forwards, shoot, pull feeder up and maybe have three different programs that send the bot to different zones. I think several teams won't plan for this so we might see some breakage. One difference this year is that one robot can do it all (excluding goalie), all that is needed 1st is something that can shoot the ball into the high goal and over the truss, 2nd is the ability to pick balls up off the ground, 3rd is to be able to catch. I am thinking of putting bars up around the hexagon that aid in backstopping and catching, it will also help with defense?