VIDEO - Team 25 Autonomous!

[Bharat Nain]

Originally Posted by SpaceBoy2000

Well, since my team's not buying my idea of dropping a wrench into the gearbox using servos, I guess I'll have to stick to the electronic brakes. So, we'll stop on a twoonie instead of a dime.

I'm still amazed at how well it shoots. I take it you can vary the speed to shoot the balls from different distances, right? So...all we need to do is to strap a glowing green panel onto someone's head and then play a little game of dodgeball...

We can adjust the speed but we almost never need to unless we are shooting beyond half field. The only variable we have is the balls. We can adjust the shooter so to adapt to new balls or old balls but not both. We have a medium setting but then some balls will go farther and higher than others but not a whole lot of difference - just a slight. At that point, it is a matter of luck for most teams except for those awesome catapult bots. Otherwise though, this thing works like a charm and gets those balls in every single time. We have taken this apart, changed it, and put it back together over 9 times through the season. It's been quite an adventure.