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Re: Dumpers?

Team 2915 is building a dumper.

we use a conveyor system in front to pick up balls, then, we use a pneumatic actuator to lift the bottom of our hopper (holds 6 balls) till it tips them out the front of the bot. it easily gets at least 2/3 of the balls in the oposing team's trailer...

basically, we drive up behind another team, and dump... we don't need to stop, as the forward momentum seems to help the balls come out of the hopper (i know, physics say that momentum shouldn't matter, but, in the words of adam savage: "I reject your reality and substitute my own")

we can also drive up to the side of a trailer and get most of the balls in.

the belts also hold an additional 5-6 balls, and are reversible, so that you can eject balls to the human player if needed.

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