How to pick up a frisbee

[smclean1969]

Picking up the disks from the field will be a big advantage since there will be a lot of missed shots. That will be especially true in the playoffs where one or two teams are likely to be running back to the feeder zone and shooting. The third robot either plays defense or picks up the disks for some close up shots. I'm very confident the elite teams will be picking up the disks with ease.

[Herbblood]

My team is trying to work on the dispute as to whether or not to pick up off the floor. Our only problem to pick up is that our mentors prefer us to pick up from within the bumper frame, since we only have a small amt of space for it, we're no too sure on how to go with it. Any suggestions?

[F22Rapture]

That would depend entirely on how you're implementing your shooter and to a lesser extent your hopper.

[TimTheGreat]

I was thinking of using a goalie lacrosse stick. Putting it on pneumatics might make it go fast enough for it to scoop up the frisbee.

[MisterG]

Originally Posted by smclean1969

I'm very confident the elite teams will be picking up the disks with ease.

I think that this is a thinking trap that we all fall into.

The elite teams do everything well; that's why they are elite teams. The question for the rest of us is whether adding a certain feature to our robot will be a good investment or not.

If the pickup allows you to acquire disks faster than a trip to the feeder station and it doesn't take too much away from other robot functions (size wise, resource wise, etc.) then it could be a plus.

In short, a good floor pickup that doesn't detract from other functionality would be a great thing. I personally don't see it as a must have in this years game.

Al G.

[CalTran]

Is floor pick up necessary? Back in Logomotion, floor pick up was thought to be a necessity. Team 1503 clearly showed everyone wrong. Their robot was hand fed until it was beefy enough to take on Einstein.

[gabrielau23]

Originally Posted by CalTran

Is floor pick up necessary? Back in Logomotion, floor pick up was thought to be a necessity. Team 1503 clearly showed everyone wrong. Their robot was hand fed until it was beefy enough to take on Einstein.

Well, tell that to 2537.....
We didn't think floor pickup would be neccesary either. Our autonomous was pretty darn good, and our minibot was no slouch, either. At Chesapeake and DC we got wrecked. Sometimes our own alliance members were wondering why we were just standing in front of the feeder station.