Something Is Being Overlooked People

[TheMadCADer]

Originally Posted by Answer42

Any team that does a direct copy of the robot in three days intakes will be sorely surprised to find out that passing isn't as easy as they thought.

I'll help you guys out and spill the beans on this secret.

Just turn off the intake halfway through picking up the ball. Reverse the intake to put the ball down. The ball is very secure in the meantime.

This is trivial to automate as well (IR or ultrasonic range-finders work great).