Crushing Balls?

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Our experience differs. A couple of our balls started out with a separated connector, but none that I know of have broken. This is after many sessions of target practice and a few games of catch with a very young and energetic child.

Many of ours have broken and I have found that it may depend on how they are thrown to an extent. It seems that the overhand "tomahawk" or "baseball" throw tends to break them more frequently than a basketball style shot or an underhand toss.

[amariealbrecht]

We have broken some of our orbit balls just in normal goofing around at our workspace but I am almost positive that at the competition...unless it intentional...a penalty will not be assessed for broken orbit balls...this is of course unless your robot is an orbit ball shreder and then I think you will have to fix it to make sure it is not ruining a ball everytime it touches it.
Good luck!
Alicia Albrecht
Electrical Subteam
The Robettes 2177