The cable is a clever solution.
That launcher robot seems pretty neat, but I'd be concerned that a inspector/judge would call them out of RG11, or RG03 (either a or b).
Quote:
<RG11> Game elements launched by Robots should not have a velocity greater than that required to reach a maximum
of five (5) feet (1.5 meters) above the playing field surface, nor travel a horizontal distance greater than ten (10) feet (3
meters) from the point that the game element ends contact with the Robot.
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While in the video, the ball does seem to get stopped by some shielding, I'd be concerned that some balls that get flung out of the design would break RG11.
Also not too sure how powerful the launcher is, but if somehow got a ball jammed in there, and it cracked, or they accidentally run into another robot with the shooter, and the spinning thing does some damage the other robot (most likely situation I can think of is the shooter getting tangled in the wires of some other robot), they'd probably get in a fair bit of trouble.
The shooter is really cool and all, they're just going to need to be careful when using it, and getting by inspection.