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Re: pic: Team 148 - Robowranglers 2010 - Armadillo

First off, amazing robot. Ridiculous that yall can pump that out in six weeks. This year we were shooting to make something 1/100th that awesome but unfortunately have thus lost out on a lot of valuable practice time.... :/
Still, compliments to you for such and amazing robot. Crazy....

On the discussion of how their "ball magnet" works, go to 2:28 in the video. As they drive up the hill to push the ball into the goal, the ball is stuck to the robot and hovers. First off, I am pretty sure that it is a roller system, not suction. If the ball isnt rolling and it is a roller system, does that mean the ball is pinched in? Is that really legal, or would that technically be a penalty (because the ball must the tiniest bit off the ground, right???) Is it just designed that the ball is pinched so low to the ground that is barely hovering? Is the roller torqued up so that it basically stalls when the ball is locked in place...? This is the buggiest part of our robot still...

I cant wait to (hopefully) see this thing at atlanta. Luckily, even is we dont make it, I can stop by... Too bad its leaving atlanta next year...
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