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MARS discovered that our catapult works for shooting balloons. Too bad we didn't know before trying it at Mission Mayhem - could have been fun at our team's end of the year celebratory party!
For video of the 1523 MARS MAYhem dance see http://marsbot.org/1523dance. It is part of our full length Mission Mayhem video.
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14-06-2006 16:52
JulieB
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Reminds me of the 2003 BEST robotics game.
"Party who is bring the balloons?"
no worry team 1523 2006 AIM HIGH robot can bring them
14-06-2006 19:38
Greg Marra
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I am extremely sure that any ballon that went through our shooter would pop. Were you able to fire these?
14-06-2006 19:38
Dan Petrovic
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I was a little concerned when I saw the word "balloons".
But when I saw 1523's catapault bot, I was relieved.
15-06-2006 08:10
Pat Arnold
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The catapult worked great and to our surprise fired the balloons without any problems or popping them. Unfortunately the autonomous "dance" was meant for a full size field, so our bot "tripped" and fell on the mid-field ramp very early in its routine (but still fired off a balloon lying on its side). Now we're thinking about renting it out for birthday parties! 
18-06-2006 01:22
Gabe
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After doing our own robot demo today, and having forget all of poof balls *smacks head*, we improvised with balloons. To keep the balloons from popping, inflate it so that it is approximately the same size as a poof ball. Then take duct tape in small strips (long strips rip balloons) and cover every square inch of the wannabe-poof ball. The duct tape prevents the balloons from snagging and popping. This idea works great! Try it! 
18-06-2006 19:12
miketwalker
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Originally Posted by Gabe
After doing our own robot demo today, and having forget all of poof balls *smacks head*, we improvised with balloons. To keep the balloons from popping, inflate it so that it is approximately the same size as a poof ball. Then take duct tape in small strips (long strips rip balloons) and cover every square inch of the wannabe-poof ball. The duct tape prevents the balloons from snagging and popping. This idea works great! Try it!
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19-06-2006 08:21
Pat Arnold
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As said above "Wow". Ain't duct tape grand! Great problem-solving.
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