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Re: Ball posession: Roller (ball magnet) or vacuum?

368 had a roller-type mechanism which was very effective. It is just as good, if not better, than anything else I have seen. I got a good glimpse of the space cookies 1868 one which I believe uses a clutch. I thought 368's one was better and they can literally move anyway they want using their swerve drive, without ever losing that ball.
I'll let them explain the materials and setup on how they achieved this. It rotates, but I wouldn't really call it a roller.

From what 1086 is describing, it sounds very similar to ours. Ours grabs pretty hard and I'd like to see a team knock ours out once we get it. No one is 3 regionals has done so yet.
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