[Bennett548]

I think the danger is different this year: tip speeds are going to be much faster in general, because can burglars are usually long. From the videos I have analyzed, several canburglars go faster than 18 m/s [~40 miles per hour].

Canburglars also tend to reach out much farther from the robot that launchers did.

Last year our ball shooter used 4x 180N [~40lbf] constant force springs, but our motor powered can burglar still concerns me more because it deploys a somewhat sharp metal hook at high speeds about 1.8m [~6 feet] from the robot.