Thought another update was due. We've nearly finished our practice robot, with only the ball feeder ramp and ball shooter angle piece needed. We also have a hanger in the works but it's less of a priority at the moment.
Here are videos of us running our intake fully for the first time. We plan to increase the speed, but are pretty happy with the intake design's ability to center the ball prior to it coming into the robot. A big thanks to 973, 1323 and the OG team 47 for having plenty of photos and videos of their implementations of this from 2002 & 2012. Being able to run all of this off one gearbox has been great.
Video 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC0A4ZGKiiU
Video 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdgZSP8JcoA
We tried different combinations of polycord and flat urethane belting. We found the round polycord to work best on the intake itself and the combination of the two didn't seem to mix very well. After switching to all polycord (except for the short runs that bring the ball into the robot's shooter), things seemed to run much smoother.
As always, feel free to ask any questions.