FRC 5817 Shooter Prototype Teaser #2

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by philso

It is really cool how consistent 5817 have made their shooter. As Ike stated, getting it aimed at the goal properly, in competition will be the next challenge.

I agree with Michael that 1717's accomplishment is more impressive since they are showing the results of the whole system that drives around, picks up the balls, acquires the target then shoots, not just a shooter that has been aimed by hand and clamped down. The video Michael linked is one of three that 1717 published after the end of the 2012 season. In those three videos, they score every single one of about 200 shots. It also seemed that in those videos, the ball goes through the hoop just to the left of center, indicating that their whole system is capable of only around 2 inches of variability over the 200 shots.

There is a HUGE difference being consistent with one ball versus all balls.

Once a ball has a few hundred shots on it they become much, much softer.