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what was the best shooting mechanism for 2016?
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19-05-2016, 11:12
Mammaloon
Optimistic Engineer
AKA: C Mastoras
FRC #2877 (LigerBots)
Team Role: Mechanical
Join Date: Dec 2014
Rookie Year: 2014
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 35
Re: what was the best shooting mechanism for 2016?
While we may not be able to compete with teams like 254 or 971 in shooter design, we at 2877 are proud of our Pnuematically fired rolling catapault.
Our biggest innovation was the placement of servos on the end of the shooter tips. Combined with vision code, this gave us the ability to precisely control the distance and arc of the shot. As our vision code evolved, we came to the realization that by putting the servos at different angles we could aim the ball to the left or right which reduced our time to shoot greatly.
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