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==Beater Bar== | ==Beater Bar== | ||
| − | :A high-speed (ungeared) front Beater Bar caught balls and drove them back to the Ball Lift. The Beater Bar also prevented balls from being lost during robot reverse drive. A pair of guides directed the balls into the Ball Lift entrance. | + | :A high-speed (ungeared Mabuchi RS-545SH2485 on a speed controller) front Beater Bar caught balls and drove them back to the Ball Lift. The Beater Bar also prevented balls from being lost during robot reverse drive. A pair of guides directed the balls into the Ball Lift entrance. |
==Ball Lift== | ==Ball Lift== | ||
Revision as of 02:00, 24 August 2009
DEWBOT II's scoring system is designed to:
- Score by shooting balls into the central high goal
- Alternatively score by schooting balls into the low side goals
- Collect balls off the playing field to reload the Shooter's storage hopper
Contents
Overview
Beater Bar
- A high-speed (ungeared Mabuchi RS-545SH2485 on a speed controller) front Beater Bar caught balls and drove them back to the Ball Lift. The Beater Bar also prevented balls from being lost during robot reverse drive. A pair of guides directed the balls into the Ball Lift entrance.
Ball Lift
Hopper
Ball Chute - Feed Servos - "Ski Jump"
Shooter
Strengths
- Reliability
- Flexibility to target either High or Low goals
- Easy ball collection
Weaknesses
- Low rate of fire
- Difficult and slow to aim
- Small hopper capacity
- Low Shooter position was easy for opponents to block
- Low scoring
