Shooters?

[saikiranra]

I love this concept. I really hope that some one in our regional does the same.

One question I have is are you guys planning to pick up Frisbees from the ground? If so, are you planning on flipping them?

[lcoreyl]

Originally Posted by The_ShamWOW88

A good shooter with the ability to park themselves in one location to shoot while one robot feeds them from the loading station could be a dangerous alliance pairing.

I think BOTH robots going to re-load together is even more dangerous (8 discs per re-load vs. 4). Also, it might make avoiding defense easier if 2 are coming at once...

[Larry]

We are currently not planning to pick up frisbees from the ground, but instead we will get them from the feeder slots.

Our current design right now will only be able to feed the frisbees to one height during the match and will be adjustable while not in the match. So, we cannot feed frisbees to two robots that accept discs from different heights at the same time.

Also, if no one on our alliance needs our help we could also drop it into the low goal. Our other objective was defense, so if we didn't need to feed frisbees, we could also block other robots.

And thanks for your feedback so far guys!

[Cal578]

Do you think you can make your Autonomous mode able to give discs to a partner robot? It would take some configuration, since different robots will have their intakes in different places, but you might be able to do that on the dashboard. The benefit is that, if your robot doesn't shoot for the high goal (6 points during auton), then you can give two or three discs to a robot that can. That adds a lot of value (up to 18 points) to the alliance.

[MisterG]

Hey Larry,

On Blue alliance you guys seem to be signed up for both Northern Lights and Lake Superior. Which one are you actually attending?

The teams from last year's LSR seem to be split pretty evenly between the two.

We are going back to LSR.

[Cal578]

Hey Larry,
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We are going back to LSR.

That post is way off topic, and can derail the discussion. Questions like that should be handled via PM, or email, or such. Please try to keep the thread clean.

[capnslow]

We're going to use the top feeder slot (62 inches high I believe).