Thread: Best Intake
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Unread 01-04-2014, 01:30
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Re: Best Intake

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
For a top roller claw to be effective, it needs some method of centering a ball. Many different ways to do this. Teams like 971 and 118 use the geometry of their claw structure to force the ball into the center of the claw as it enters.
Sorry Chris, but the geometry of our claw isn't what centers the ball. The bottom tusks spin, actively centering the ball. We have an acceptance range that is over 20" wide, wider than is possible with geometry alone. I have yet to see any other robot which spins the lower part of the claw (but I'll happily be corrected if someone else knows of one.)