Disk Orientation

[Orion.DeYoe]

Originally Posted by Keefe2471

I have been observing and commenting (in my head ) on various threads for the past few weeks. One topic I really wanted discussed but I havn't seen brought up is disk orientation from the ground. My team decided early on that this would be critical to real accuracy and distance not to mention dependability on the field. But I have yet to see an intake that solves this issue between the ground and the shooter.

Am I just looking at the wrong robots? Or have teams decided that Robot in Three Days proved that it didn't matter?

Thanks

I though this same way early on in the season. Until we built our shooter prototypes. When you shoot out the discs and then land on the floor, 4/5 times they land upright. Frisbees are airfoils and they want to stay upright. So we decided that picking up and shooting upside-down discs isn't likely or important. Besides, the optimal situation is to never let a disc land on the floor, you want them all to go in the goal.