DEWBOT VIII Shooter
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1640's Shooter requirements for Rebound Rumble are:
- This is a shooter; not a dumper
- High scoring reliability (>67%) from Key or closer
- Ability to feed balls to alliance scoring field from the outbounder station
- Backspin to drop into basket and provide dead landing upon feeding
- Fast recycle; one shot per second (minimum)
- Automatic rangefinding & aiming
- Maintain low CoM for bridge balancing & preventing bridge tips
The Shooter system comprises:
- A fixed-geometry overshot wheeled shooter
- A tachometer to determine and thereby enable control of shooter wheel speed
- A camera for aiming
- A narrow-beam sonor to determine range to back-board