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Re: Team 1501 is coming to play

First lets say that we don't have a typical front to our robot this year. We have a Sail Side and a Fork Side. It took many confusing conversations before we came to this terminology, since we drive forward on either side of the robot being the forward direction with a flip of a lever switch.

The curved surface is the Sail Side and is curved for its strength and to allow the initial starting dimensions. The pivoting action provides the telescoping of the carriage rails to "Load" our launch device and simultainously pick up the ball in the same motion. We are very proud of this design and very confident that the safety judges will agree that our tension device is safe off the field, which was a major concern through the design phase.

If you like the robot so far, just wait until you see the "remove the ball from the overpass thingy" we have yet to reveal. Along with the vision routines this device will be very simple and very effective.