Do you "have" to use a shooter?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Mr. Pockets

Some teams are experimenting with other firing mechanisms. A straight up shooter isn't necessary to score.

However if you're thinking of a dunking mechanism, this is not possible this year as even with full extension your robot cannot reach the baskets (see spoiler for math explaining it)

Oh, really... Someone asked a question about that, and mathematically, it is possible to dunk. It is possible to dunk within the rules, at least in the 2-pointers. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=99975 for the math.