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Re: Feasibility of Design by Rookie team?

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Originally Posted by Joe G. View Post
Both a top/bottom roller design, and a top roller+ramp design are viable solutions. We actually had a surprising level of success with side rollers as well -- take a look at Greenhorns Ri3D for an example of this.

Whatever you go with, prototype it! Make sure that your proposed geometry actually engages with the ball the way you expect it to. A little testing goes a long way.
Here are some vines of our robot in action. Our reveal video will be out by 3 PM today. Also, I've written a white paper about our design here.