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Re: Ball Bouncing Out of Bounds?

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Originally Posted by 1075guy View Post
Well I mean, any pneumatic fired launcher could move when disabled, depending on state at disable time. Theres nothing you can do about that.

Ours will return to its starting configuration, which shouldn't do any real damage to anything.
If you use a single solenoid valve then your pneumatic launcher will automatically vent when disabled. I can guarantee you 100% that it is impossible for the pneumatic launcher on our robot to fire while disabled.

As for accidently launching the ball over the wall... just like hockey players are responsible for their sticks, robot drivers are responsible for their driving.

The alternatives to a penalty... disablement... disqualification... or even just an extremely slow return of the ball to the playing field, are such that you should be quite grateful to the referees for their lenience.

Still, it's really cool that your launcher has that kind of power.

Jason