pic: Wheel of Doom

[Paul Copioli]

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[Paul Copioli]

This is Team 217's wheel of "doom". Can anyone guess what it is used for (specifically)?

[sanddrag]

It is a hopper to store balls. That is my best guess.

[Tytus Gerrish]

it makes smoothies... OF DOOM!!!!

[pyroslev]

6 Barreled...ball collector/hopper. Revolver of Doom.

Interesting.

Edit: Top loaded by the human player, drops into the shooter and out...

[Tim Delles]

Paul from the look of that it looks like it is going to be feeding your shooting mechanism. If so it looks like it is a good way to keep the balls from jamming also.

[Leo 1529]

it looks like a hopper that may spin around...maybe...but it definately looks like a funnel to guide balls into a shooter maybe

[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Paul Copioli

This is Team 217's wheel of "doom". Can anyone guess what it is used for (specifically)?

The paint ball hopper of "doom"?

Since this is round, it probably involves a turret of some sorts. My guess is that the ball shooter is located below the opening, the the shooter/hopper are mounted on a turret. A ball collector off the floor sucks balls up to the top of the robot, and dumps them into the ball hopper. This way, they can continue to suck up balls regardless of their turret position. But, this is just a guess.

[EricH]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Since this is round, it probably involves a turret of some sorts. My guess is that the ball shooter is located below the opening, the the shooter/hopper are mounted on a turret. A ball collector off the floor sucks balls up to the top of the robot, and dumps them into the ball hopper. This way, they can continue to suck up balls regardless of their turret position. But, this is just a guess.

Noting one of Copioli's remarks earlier in build (something about "we're not going for floor loading", IIRC), I'd say human load only. Balls collect and are funneled into the shooter somehow.

[xzvrw2]

In my opinion
this is nothing at all
hes got you all thinking too hard
he so silly
haha
<3

[hayakuneko]

looks heavy...

[groves]

LOL it looks like a washing machine! If you turn it on spin cycle it could be your shooter. does it sort colors? What is the capacity? does it have a gentle cycle? (for the low goal)

[Travis Hoffman]

It's the hat Copioil's going to wear when emceeing the 2006 IRI.

[Andrew Blair]

Originally Posted by groves

LOL it looks like a washing machine! If you turn it on spin cycle it could be your shooter. does it sort colors? What is the capacity? does it have a gentle cycle? (for the low goal)

I'm going with Groves, but it looks more like a clothes basket to me.

[Elgin Clock]

Well duh, it's obviously a vertically mounted spinning 6-chicken rotisserie that automatically drops the chicken down the chute when it's finished cooking.

I would expect nothing less from a team call the Thunder Chickens.