orbit ball transport system

[stinkypooman]

I thinjk in general most teams are going to have their mechanical ball scoring aparattus up high on their robots (ex. ball cannon, ball dumpster, ball catapult. ball flinger etc) but i think in the discussion on what teams are going to use for their scoring mechanism, i dont think anyone is paying attention to how to ball is going to get up there AND how to robot is going to hed and collect the orbit balls. Because sisnce the lowest part oif the trailer is 3 feet, in order for the balls to get in therethey will have to be elevated a minimum of 3 feet, which in actualit, is kinda hard.
Our team is thinking about a series of belts/tracks that will collect and raise the balls, or maybe "beater bars" (i did mention this earlier on another thread), these are shafts that are rough and they rotate parallel to the ground so that when it comes in contact with the ball, it gets sucked up undernreath the bar. i know this is used on tennis ball machines and that sort of device.

[pacoliketaco]

our team has been thinking of something along those lines. i would suggest looking at what teams made for the poof balls in 2006; i think similar mechanisms could be used this year.

[McGurky]

We have a team Member that had a Book on like 30 Winning designs of the 2006 year, and reading that book was really interesting, and it gave us some really good ideas!!