[John Neun]

This picture was taken just before the camera was mounted. It is on the FIRST servo gimbals, on the turret, forward of and under the launching wheels. In the picture, it is at about weight. We have yet to install bumpers. Good catch, Ben: we have no way for humans to load balls, but the roller is extremely effective at gathering them off the floor. The lexan s-fram will store about 12 balls when loaded statically. The wire transit frame (between s-frame and launcher) holds three. The pneumatic arm in the back lifts the ball at the end of the transit frame into the launcher, where it goes on its merry way. We went with larger wheels this year to give the machine better odds on the ramp.

With all due respect to Freshmen, the side plates were actually done on a CNC stamping machine, so the holes came "pre-drilled." Last year, we punched out a truss structure, and it was a little too light, so we decided to use a little more metal and lighten with holes.