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Sensors
We will not be using the sensors to locate the goals. We feel that the drivers' eyes should suffice. However, we do use the 4 sensors in another way. We have them placed on certain locations on our conveyor, which is used to pick up and to store balls. The sensors are used to turn the conveyor on and off when balls come in. In this way, we are able to maximize the balls that can fit on the conveyor with little human intevention. We also have an override that can be used to ignore the sensors and control the conveyor manually(in case one sensor were to become misaligned during a match). We can also index in reverse to load from the player's station and quickly transfer the balls to a goal. Its slick system that so far is extremely reliable. Programming it is was .... interesting.
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