The trash can is your hopper and loader for a long range dumper/short range launcher. 
Looking good Dawgma! Best of luck and keep up the good work!
Latest Update. Feb 2 was a busy day for us:
1- switched out Alice’s Jags for Victors (just not chancing it this year with some of the reports)
2- dressed wiring, etc on electronics.
3 - fully wired accumulator motors
4 - updated Labview and cRio image
5 - completed code for accumulator and tweaked drive code for Victors.
Here are two short vids of accumulator tests from earlier tonight. The system rums on 2 CIMs in an AM Toughbox with one stage of reduction removed:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5043328246653871743&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8175316489708279577&hl=en