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Re: Shooter vs Dumper Trade Study

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Originally Posted by RoboGeek99 View Post
I might forgotten something but after looking at all of these as unbiased as possible im leaning toward going with a shooter mechanism (thinking of a softball/tennis ball shooter powered by globes and an archimedes screw or conveyor system to get the balls in place)
Either way yall go good luck!
My team has a conveyor to a shooter and it works quite well, but at Kettering, I noticed that if a robot is pinned, a power dumper can drive right up and unload. Happened to us from 65.

But I have heard many people voice the theory that as the season progresses and driving improves, dumpers will be dodged more easily and we won't see any more 12-15 ball game changing dumps. Drivers should be experienced enough by then that they either won't get pinned or will be able to get out of one fast enough. In such a scenario, shooters will be able to easily compete with dumpers. I'm not sure about that, just repeating what I heard.

Last edited by Norman J : 13-03-2009 at 11:03.