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Originally Posted by BotDesigner
I am having trouble understanding how the gear intake is supposed to work. I am really happy to see how teams are specializing this year. It should make things interesting.
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The gear holder at the front actuates backward to line up with the bottom end of the ramp. The gear drops from the chute down the ramp and into the holder, which then actuates forward to place the gear. Once on the peg, the pilot lifts the gear out of the robot.
Our strategy this year was to build a simple, reliable, fast gear robot and get plenty of driver practice for speed. There is no floor intake, for mechanical simplicity and because we're betting we don't need one.