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Re: Bouncing TrackBalls
Well basic kinematics shows that the height of each bounce doesn't matter at all for the time that it will take to hit the wall, just the velocity with which it is released as it is hurdled.
The bouncing height will increase the contact/normal force and thus the friction, but the ball wasn't going to be sliding anyway, presumably it would just start rolling.
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Re: Bouncing TrackBalls
ok... so my mind doesnt function well when its tired... lol

so anyways...any ideas on how you would control this or beable to gain control of it while it's bouncin...
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Re: Bouncing TrackBalls
well you either have to have a solid grabber to take control of it or otherwise just have a big pusher and don't worry about the bounces...
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Re: Bouncing TrackBalls
One easy way to deal with grabbing a moving object is rollers. With a powerful enough mechanism, all you would need to do is touch the ball to grab it. The problem is designing a powerful enough mechanism.
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Re: Bouncing TrackBalls
It doesn't seem too bad. It's not really that hard to catch
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