No Arm for Blocking Shots!

[Nawaid Ladak]

Would air be counted as a active mechanism? ie: can your robot have a high powered blower that can change the direction of a launched ball if the blower is below the bumper zone facing upwards at an angle?

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak

Would air be counted as a active mechanism? ie: can your robot have a high powered blower that can change the direction of a launched ball if the blower is below the bumper zone facing upwards at an angle?

Common senes would direct me to think that moving fan blades or other devices to direct air would certainly be an active mechanism, and would definitely violate this rule.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by Nawaid Ladak

Would air be counted as a active mechanism? ie: can your robot have a high powered blower that can change the direction of a launched ball if the blower is below the bumper zone facing upwards at an angle?

Think about it this way. Would you tell alliance-mates/opponents/judges/your grandmother that:
1. We have a fan on our robot that deflects balls.
OR
2. We have a fan on our robot that blows air. And the air happens to deflect balls.

Although, that still leaves the question of a fan that's below your bumper zone. Of course, this is a moot point, as soccer balls are a LOT heavier than poof-balls or moon rocks.

[Passion]

So does that mean we can not shoot the balls from the top of our robot?

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Passion

So does that mean we can not shoot the balls from the top of our robot?

You can, if you don't mind getting 3 or 4 or 5 penalties in the process. Please read the manual to see just how many rules are violated by this concept.