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Originally Posted by BigJ
Come now, we all know that in his time as Darth Vader he only used one lightsaber. I suggest one of the el toro arms be taken off.  |
We tried to intake with just one lightsaber. It doesn't work as well as we'd hoped.
The team was inspired by the look of the intake to create a Star Wars theme. After deciding on the design, we voted on the robot name. Thus, Vader was born.
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Originally Posted by techtiger1
Really 148 went with that collector.  |
We were inspired by the BOOM DONE intake, El Toro. After testing lots of different intakes, we decided that this design was best fit for all of the things we wanted to accomplish. As you can see, we are not the only team that felt this way.
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Originally Posted by lineskier
I noticed a rangefinder on the front of the bot. Could that be an autocatch feature?
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Yes, the range finder is an autocatch feature. Our operator holds down a button when catching is appropriate, and when the balls lands in our cradle, the lightsabers close onto the ball to secure it.
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Originally Posted by roystur44
Nice job,
How does the pneumatic controlled tensioning for the catapult work out? I see it's on a pulley. Do you get a good variation on a shot?
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We have two surgical tubing settings, one normal, and one we refer to as "The Force". The normal one is when the cylinder is retracted, and for longer shots we "use the force".