Team 340- 2012 Robot

[moonlight]

Originally Posted by waialua359

This has got to be the most creative scoring machine I have seen yet.
Good job on thinking outside the box for an effective harvester and 2 pt. basket scorer!

i agree... good job guys! and good luck at the competition!

[Joohoo]

Originally Posted by Leeland1126

My only question is, have you guys tested the possibility of holding more than 3 balls? Your dumper only has room for 3, but it looks like there may be room for an extra ball between acquisition roller and dumper, unless I'm just not seeing something.

Yes but when we retract the rollers we reverse the rollers to get any balls out of the way!

Looking forward to FLR!

[gary325]

More pictures here

[Wayne TenBrink]

Hey - Don't you know you're supposed to throw them into the baskets from past half court? They count more that way, don't they? Er, on second thought maybe not...

Nice machine. You'll score a lot more with this than a shooter that takes a lot of time to collect and line up, then misses one out of three (or more) shots. Its all about cycle time and scoring percentage.

[Grim Tuesday]

Chance of 340 doing well at FLR: 100%.

This is a fantastic robot that I'm honored to be competing with. Can't wait to see you there!

[pfreivald]

Looks sharp, folks! We're looking forward to competing with/against you at FLR!

[brndn]

I love this design! Can't wait to watch your matches.

[akoscielski3]

So far definitely the best picker-upper i have seen. GREAT JOB!

[Mike Starke]

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Hey - Don't you know you're supposed to throw them into the baskets from past half court? They count more that way, don't they? Er, on second thought maybe not...

Hahaha, that's too funny... but it's so true!

Originally Posted by Wayne TenBrink

Nice machine. You'll score a lot more with this than a shooter that takes a lot of time to collect and line up, then misses one out of three (or more) shots. Its all about cycle time and scoring percentage.

Exactly! That came up early in our discussions! If a shooter misses one ball, they can score a maximum of 6 points between their last two shots. And when we make all three, we'll be at six points too. So we'll see how it goes! We're excited!

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!

[zcoops97]

Hey that robot looks really familiar...