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Re: can someone help me kick a ball?

There are many here that would be glad to help you program your robot's kicker but we are going to need more information to be of assistance.

How does your kicker work? Think specifically about the exact process and what you need to control (motors, pneumatics etc.) in what direction and order/timing to complete the kick.

An example for my team's kicker is:

1. Drive CIM motor in reverse to draw back kicker
2. Set Solenoid on Port 1 to fire kicker
3. Wait until "Latched" signal on GPIO 8 goes high
4. Un-Set solenoid on Port 1
5. Drive CIM forward until "Latched" signal on GPIO 8 goes low
6. Drive CIM reverse until kicker reaches "home position"

Steps 1 and 6 are controlled using a magnetic encoder
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