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Re: Launchers VS Arms

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Originally Posted by eagle33199 View Post
The one potential downfall of a shooter bot is it's heavy reliance on the state of the ball. These balls are going to be going through a pretty big beating on the field, and it's likely that the inflation pressure isn't going to be anywhere near a constant... i predict that a lot of shooter bots will have trouble with consistency between the matches - one ball might clear the rack when shot, but another might not be as inflated and fall short...
Actually, I would think that it would be the other way around. Our launch can shoot the ball no matter the same ( we even shot a '06 poof ball for fun ). While some gripper designs I have seen use wheels and clamps that would be affected by different ball psi.

Just so peolpe don't think I'm stubern, I still expect to see some really good arms in compedtion.
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