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Re: pic: Team 1902's Workshop

In our system we have room for 2 balls side by side, both sides are on rollers so that the balls continuously spin. On the bottom there is a divider, so the ball either has to go up the right side or the left side, as the balls get sucked in and are spinning they seperate on either side for about 3 stacks, then begin to settle in the middle. As we suck up additional balls they push the other ball to the right or left side.

So because the ball enters on the left or the right side it pushes the balls that reside in the middle to the opposite side.

The system is pretty sound, we still have some binding issues but its mainly the balls pushing against the lexan, and when the bot moves around they seem to sort themselves out. I'll be posting a short teaser style video to show more of how the system works, and some more detailed pictures later.
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