pic: 1266 - 2009 Teaser

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by lynca

I spy a black pool noodle under the black drawer liner from Walmart !
Do you also use 3/4" pvc ?

I'm glad to see other team's using a similar technique. We thought we were going out on a limb with that roller design.

Our color scheme makes it easier to see the differences in the layers of the rollers.
http://2009.discobots.org/node/34

The roller you are seening is only used to gather the orbit balls, however it's not quite finished(notice the zip-ties). The rest of the system includes a conveyor and shooter type mechanism. We found that a continous roller system was not as fast as a conveyor system; the continous rollers really are just immitating a belt system in a more complicated manner.

No, we did noy use any pvc in our design. Underneath the shelve liner is a secret , but there is an aluminum axel somewhere underneath it. It's not a pool noodle either . We have more pictures, but we decided to wait until the weekend is over to finish installing other minor components.