[BIGWILLI2081]

Our team used a ball magnet, and it was extremely useful. It centered the ball in the middle of our robot and made it much easier to control the ball. Our robot could move backwards, move forwards, turn sideways, and sometimes move side to side (we had mechanum wheels) with the ball. As for pushing it into the goal, we just had a button on the control that we pushed to run the roller in reverse. This worked great because we could posses the ball and then spit it out as we started towards the goal. The most successful teams have had rollers as their ball magnets. They use a bar of some sort with a non-slick surface wrapped around it. Pushing the balls in without a ball magnet seemed difficult for many teams. As they would go up the little bump before the goal, the ball would go underneath them. So, if you are planning on pushing a ball in without a ball magnet, you will want to make sure there is a type of bar blocking the ball from going underneath.