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Originally Posted by ALTrammell818
For a simple ball magnet that works well just apply a layer of duct brand carpet tape before every match to the front of your robot on a metal bar or rectangle of poly-carb. It is 100% legal as long as you use certain brands. Duct being one of them.
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This was determined to be illegal at the Detroit event this weekend because it was leaving residue on the balls and causing them to stick in the ball returns.
I would
not suggest using tape as a way to control the ball. Engineer something that would not affect the balls in the negative way that tape does.
What my team did during the last week of build when we realized that we needed a ball roller was attach a pvc tube to a 64:1 FP motor and covered the pvc with surgical tubing. This was mildly effective, but always let us have pretty good ball control without the risk of carrying.