Did anyone build an "active" goalie post?

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Chris Endres

Although my team never implemented my idea of a goalie bot into our final design, I did, however, come up with a great goalie bot.

So, crab/swerve goalie bot with an extension.

Get in sideways, strafe to block (maybe auto-block), then get out to play as an offender.

Using this idea, we also thought that in auto, we can have an auto-detection of the autonomous balls, then predict their trajectory, and block the balls. This losses the 5 point bonus in the beginning, and any other possible scoring we may have been able to do, but it would be a game changer. If you block out at least 50% of the balls in auto, you are up in points, significantly at the start of teleop. Not to mention you also made it so that your opponents need to chase down the balls before starting an actual cycle.

Of course this bot will include a scorer, most likely a claw.

Sooooo.... 1114, 469, 973?