Ball Launchers? Ideas?

[Mark Sheridan]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

I am thinking of doing a feeder bot, just grabbing the ball and chucking it all the way across the field is the priority and I think this will be a great mechanism to do it with.

Originally Posted by Apeace

I heard one great team effort was where one robot chucked balls at another robot and the other just sat at the goal and caught them all while just pouring them into the goal.

Although, this year there are limited balls on the court.

Yeah I was thinking that a shooter like that, especially one with an adjustable hood, could possibly be both a scorer and a passer. (like 2006: team 111, 2009: teams 1717, 217, 1114)

Also, look at 217's 2006 robot, they had a sheet that caught balls being thrown at them. It would work by absorbing the thrown ball and funneling it to a storage area.