[Gdeaver]

One thing to keep in mind is that 2014 robots are smaller than 2008 robots. This makes the catapult arm shorter than many 2008 designs. Same with kickers. The size constraint means that the amount of stored energy to shoot the ball may be much higher than in 2008. This is a safety issue. This amount of energy can crush body parts. Design and test safely!! There were injuries back in 2008. Our initial prototyping has shown that good upper goal shots are possible. However, our designs do not fit on the robot. The team needs to shrink them down to some thing that can be incorporated in the robot. I suspect this will be a very hard task.