pic: 233 Pink Roccobot 2k9

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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56

If any team can pull off a shooter without an adjustable hood it will be you guys. I hope it works for you. How many balls per second can you guys shoot and do you have the tracking working well?

Also just curious...how much sheet aluminum do you guys go through?

We use a lot of sheet metal and box tubing, but we focus a lot on using as much scrap as possible, that means jetting out every little plate on left overs as often as possible, and using scraps that are up to 6 years old.

Originally Posted by hillale

Just curious, but why did you abandon the human loaded hopper? Orbit balls getting jammed going into the shooter feed?

Originally Posted by 1086VEX

how far does your turret rotate, and how many balls can it hold?
Looks like another amazing bot from 233!! hope to see you in Atlanta!
oh...are the bumpers at least pink?

Those two questions are connected.
The reason we have modified our original design is so that we can actually shoot almost directly behind us. The hopper originally limited us to aprox 180 degrees, we should have aprox 270 degrees after this modification.

We will still have a hopper, just not as dominating of one.