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Re: Best Intake

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Originally Posted by JohnFogarty View Post
Those are either photocells or ultrasonic distance, or vex touch sensors they have on the grabbers to detect the ball's presence automatically. Simple magic maybe. Effective nonetheless.
We have a similar intake and I believe we are using an infrared sensor to close our paddles around the ball. (I could be totally wrong, I'm not an electronics guy).
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