Not that Betsy's answer wasn't sufficient, but I'd like to add a "little" bit more detail.
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Originally Posted by waialua359
2 Questions that come to mind.
1. What prevents the ball from shooting out of the flywheel once its in the robot? Cant really tell what kind of release mechanisms it has.
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We do not have a release mechanism currently. It's more based driver instinct to not drive the ball into the shooter wheel at the moment. We experimented with a current sensor to try and find a difference in intake current, but had no luck (and little patience). A beam-break sensor would be ideal, but that's for later addition.
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Originally Posted by waialua359
2. With a tall 4 1/2 foot robot in front of the robot without touching it (in case its in the safe zone), can it shoot over it or will it be blocked?
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Our shooting sweet spot is right in front of the tower, with wheels touching the BATTER (base of the tower). Ideally, we'd beat the defense to the spot and take away the chance of the defense blocking our shot. The video of us shooting from farther away was taken during prototyping. An issue we saw with shooting from a distance was the difference in compression between a fresh boulder and a used boulder, which affected shot performance.