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Re: Code Orange 3476 2014 "Hanalei" Robot Reveal

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Originally Posted by Teamcodeorange View Post
We certainly do have the ability to catch. This was one of our major focus points when designing the fold-out rear wall in order to increase our catching area by 20" in each direction. We did originally have similar fold-out side walls that gave us a huge catching area (similar to 33), but we currently do not have them on the robot.

We haven't tested catching very much (due to the aggressive nature of Arial Assist the line-up is difficult) but we are definitely capable.
Have you seen the way 2056 catches? They line up against the field wall and all they have to do is backup or move forward to the correct distance.