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Originally Posted by martin417
This year, I have seen more similar robots than any past year I can remember. It looks like most robots have gone with some variation of roller collector and catapult, either a high pivot catapult like team Copioli, or a low pivot catapult like team JVN (most are like the latter). There are also a sprinkling of Boom Done style bots with el-toro. There are some exceptions, like the awesome roller shooter from 383, and the cool cannon of the Robonauts.
Are there any other "different" designs out there? I would like to see something different.
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I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
But in all serious-ness, between 2008, build blitz, and Ri3D bots, there is very little that's actually different.
I will add, however, that the robots that are launching balls with wheels are very cool. My team ruled that design out due to the size of the ball, but props to teams for willing to give those designs their fair shake.
- Sunny G.