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Re: Feasibility of Design by Rookie team?

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Originally Posted by Jim Meyer View Post
Sounds like a solid strategy.

We always favor roller style ball pickups. The great advantage is not having to time the pickup with the presence of a ball. You can just run the roller, and when they drive up to it, it's automatically picked up. It makes ball acquisition much faster.
Our concern for a roller style is height. We're hoping to be able to do the low bar, and feel that with the height of the ball + roller + limits on extrusion from the bot, we'd not fit.