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Originally Posted by jgannon
In a thread a few weeks back, Dave Lavery acknowledged that it's pretty likely that the scoring table will be wiped out by a trackball at least once this season ...<snip>... I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of very creative bots (and maybe a few panicking FTAs).
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I was thinking of putting bullseyes on the scorekeepers, announcer and myself, like at a shooting gallery, but decided it probably isn't the show FIRST had in mind!
Seriously, we'll be watching for unsafe operation of all robots - whether they're shooters, arms or lappers. <S01> has a big footprint. As far as shooters go, I think it will behoove the drivers to be very careful about where they point that thing before they pull the trigger.
One of the things I like about Overdrive is the number of ways to score points and I'm hoping to see lifts, arms, catapults and lappers racking 'em up this week!
With regards to field reset safety and armed catapults, one solution I saw a team use that looked very simple and effective was to wrap a heavy-duty adjustable cable lock around the catapult and the robot chassis. McMaster sells this one (1033A31, $25.35):