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Re: Forwards and Backwards Ball Pickup

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Originally Posted by bEdhEd View Post
I would have to say that if a back/front intake requires an extra motor compared to one that is one sided, it isn't worth doing. Our design is simple (to my own standards, at least), easy to build, and requires no extra motors or power sources, so we want to give it a shot
I've been working on a similar design concept (a well packaged claw on an arm pivoting about the center of the robot). What ultimately drove me away from using two rollers and thus picking up on both sides wasn't the extra motor requirement. For this design I wanted the rollers to articulate out of the way to allow for a clean fire from some spring force. With passive forks on the bottom instead of rollers, actuation for this motion became a lot simpler and lighter. If you're thinking something else entirely, then carry on.
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