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Re: Best Intake

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Originally Posted by MrForbes View Post
Really? I thought it was an IR imaging system, with onboard processing.
I wonder why it would be an imaging system. I mean. If I understand the concept of the intake well enough all you need to do to make the intake truely effective is to be able to detect the ball once it reaches the optimum distance range between the grabbers/distance from the bumper so that it automatically grabs the ball.

I've been developing an intake that functions almost exactly like theirs does and it's working almost exactly like theirs with only a Maxbotics sonar sensor to detect the distance.
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