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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
Time is definitely on my mind. El Toro is reliable and (imho) robust but it is not the fastest way to pick up a ball.
Current configuration has a 20:1 ratio from Banebot 775 motor to the horn. I think that perhaps a lower ratio (i.e. faster spinning) would make El Toro better.
As to pushing the ball away, the angle of the horns did a pretty good job of trapping the ball. Again, El Toro is not the perfect ball pick up but it is pretty good.
Dr. Joe.
P.S. Display on the robot, I really hope that a bunch of teams implement these. It is SO useful. I expect a lot of creative uses to come from the teams this year and in coming years.
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Our team is working on prototyping the El Toro. What height is it off the ground, and what angle is it mounted at with respect to the ground? And when you start a match those horns must be within the frame perimeter so how do you cause the horns to drop down?
Man, Dave always has to one up us. We build robots to play games, he build robots to go on other planets, Elgin makes CD 30 inches, you make it 63 inches. - Levin571 [more] 
12-01-2014, 12:33
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