[Canon reeves]

Thanks for the feed back! We would be able to eject the ball, score in the low goal, and possibly pick up, but it would have to be up against the wall. What we were thinking is if the pistons could retract and grasp the ball, when we extended them it would do one of two things.
1. the nets slope downwards so we can always eject,
2. when the pistons extend it provide tension in the net and in a sense slightly propelling it. not sure how much, we don't want much, just to be able to bring it in and out.
We could possibly pick up because don't have bumpers that cover the whole front, meaning if we pushed against the wall with the ball in between, we could lift it up to us.
I most definitely expect to be on poor alliances in a sense with people that can't shoot, but what people sometimes over look is that in eliminations, those robots can shoot. So I would rather cater to them in a way because I figured not as many people focus on catching, or at least the shooting ones, and what good is a better feeder when you have to members that can feed. We have several strategic options with this as well, we can catch, then let it go to our partner, we can let it go in the low goal. Or we can be the inbounder and use our catcher to play defense on the other teams shooter.
For autonomous we were planning to have at least two different codes, one that pushes us and another robot into our zone, and another that just drives forward and releases into the low goal. I have watched A LOT of videos from other teams this year, and I've seen three basic pick ups, roller bar/ wheels, grippers, and El Torro style. We have the stuff for the wheels but no machining tools. We have a jig saw, a drill, and a really old and small drill press and then some basic tools. We figured doing this would be the quickest and easiest way to have a useful robot, then if we have time we would work on our pick up system. Believe me, I reallllly wanted a ground feeder, but we just don't have the stuff for it or the knowledge.
this is kind of what the slope of the bot would look like. Not exactly, just a general idea though.
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