[Bennett548]

I think we are in a Canburglar Cold War right now. We know the other side is working on making nuclear weapons, so we have to make more nukes, and come up with better ways to deliver them.

The current trends in speeds make me think that pneumatics and motors will soon be, or are already, not going to be fast enough to win the Canburglar war. Stored energy in the form of springs is naturally the next thing to turn to. Unfortunately, I believe that these spring loaded designs are going to lead to much more dangerous situations.

Another thing that the cold war analogy brought up to me was the idea that cheesecaking=nuclear proliferation. If you are a third alliance member, you may have to choose if you want to put a potentially dangerous device on your robot.

I have already decided on the level of energy that I am comfortable with: if we miss the hole and our hook punches through the trash can lid, we have too much energy and have to dial it back a bit.