06-03-2014 14:01

notmattlythgoe

Re: pic: slap dragon 281

I'm curious, what is the roller on the back for?

06-03-2014 14:04

eddie12390

Re: pic: slap dragon 281

It seems like it could be used to keep the ball in while driving as there isn't a hole for the ball to leave it through.

06-03-2014 14:47

Anupam Goli

Re: pic: slap dragon 281

If i recall correctly, the back roller is part of the intake, and it rotates up front to grab the ball. The entire intake assembly rotates back, and that back roller moves even further back to let the ball drop into the shooter cradle. You can see video of it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9rkm1bmmXo

06-03-2014 14:51

notmattlythgoe

Re: pic: slap dragon 281

Did you link the wrong video, or am I missing something? Or are the numbers of the teams in the match wrong in the video description?

06-03-2014 14:55

Anupam Goli

Re: pic: slap dragon 281

The team numbers in the description are wrong, but you can clearly see 281's robot on the blue side of the field.

06-03-2014 14:59

notmattlythgoe

Re: pic: slap dragon 281

Yeah, that's pretty sweet. So compact also.

06-03-2014 17:19

JohnFogarty

Re: pic: slap dragon 281

Interesting enough, since our first floor pickup design failed when we tried to implement it at Palmetto we were drawing up a new design a few nights ago and it is extremely conceptually similar to what you guys use in terms of floor pickup. In fact our robots might end up being very similar if we go with it.