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Andrew Tucker
AKA: Andrew Tucker
FTC #4968 (Rapid Robotics)
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Re: FTC 2015 Challenge "Cascade Effect"

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
Though I have never been a part of FTC, here is what I see being a really competitive robot

On the back of the robot is a latch for grabbing onto the 90cm goal, never letting go, so the goal becomes a trailer being rigidly towed for the remainder of the match.

The robot has a continuous intake/lifting system that reaches up to the 90cm goal. Of course it will have to start 18cm and unfold/telescope to that height. This lifting system is similar to a conveyor belt (perhaps with brushes?) that takes balls from the floor, and straight up dumps them into the goal it has possession of.

If said mechanism is fast enough, you will be incapable of acquiring more than 5 balls at a time, because they will be spit out the top too fast.
This was one of the first ideas the team had. It's going to be the first design we prototype! I'll let everyone know how it goes.
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