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Re: Catapult?
Now I'd *love* to see how someone designs a Trebuchet "repeater".
Resetting it to make the SECOND shot (esp autonomously) is
NOT a trivial robotic design problem.
But even if you *could* solve that one, it'd have to be a TINY
Trebuchet to comply with this year's build shooter sizing rules.
IMO, your biggest problem is getting it into the original volume,
to comply with shooter sizing rule <S03>:
> <S03> Shooter Mechanism must remain inside the ROBOT
> - Any mechanism used to throw balls must be contained within
> the original 28” x 38” x 60”starting envelope of the ROBOT [...]
Hmmm... How would a catapult shooter deal with this rule?
- Keith
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