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Re: When good robots go bad...

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Originally Posted by M. Krass
The arm telescopes to ~12' long, allowing it to reach just beyond the stationary goals. It can also rotate 360*, allowing it to reach anywhere in the middle of the field, essentially.

The ball claw (I don't know if that was the final design, for what it's worth) is raised and lowered on a winch, allowing it grab balls from as high as the stationary goals and as low as the floor.

Tyler -- it took twelve people to get it down, but I'm not sure how long it took them
yep, the yellow tube part dangling down is originally supposed to be able to manipulate the 2x multiplier balls, but i don't think it worked out very well for them.