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Originally Posted by arc25565
Thanks, It is a project i would really like to do. Did your team think about using pneumatics as that is what we are considering. I originally got the idea from popular science here http://www.popsci.com/build-300-mph-pingpong-cannon. The video at the bottom of the article is pretty cool. If our team ever made a pneumatic ping pong ball shooter for a robot we would reduce the air pressure for safety reasons of course. Thanks for the response. |
We did consider using pneumatics. They would definitely work, and would certainly shoot farther if powered up fully. However, they have some challenges with making them safe using FIRST legal parts. We wanted our bot to be driveable by first graders (in fact, we recently brought it to a children's museum), and in close quarters (we once demoed our frisbee shooter in a hallway). Having a wheel makes it easier for us to control the speed, and allows for rapid fire, which is always fun.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with using pneumatics, and I'm certain that the challenges won't really be a problem, so I'd say go for it!