Prototyping Best Practices
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Acquisition
Ball Intakes
Devices that bring game pieces into the robot. May include lifting.</collapsmi>
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Ball Possessors
Devices that possess game pieces without bringing them into the robot.
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Roller Claws
Claws with roller(s) to acquire game pieces of many shapes. May include scoring via shooting.
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Other Claws
Alpha - outside (manual) | Beta - inside (motor) | See also: |
Manipulation
Game Piece Lifts
Moving (and storing) game pieces within the robot primarily single-file. May include intakes.
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Hoppers
Storing and moving game pieces within the robot with several pieces on the same 'tier' (not single-file). May include intakes.
Alpha - sorting test | Alpha - spiral | See also: |
Arms
Single and multi-joint rotary arms, may include hurdling (e.g. catapulting)
Double joint (genius!) | Single joint | See also: |
Mechanism Elevators
Vertical lifts for robot mechanisms (e.g. claws, rather than game pieces themselves). Single and double [bar] and box refer to the cross-section shape. May include claws.
Beta - double nested | Alpha with control - double nested | See also: |
Scoring
Shooters
Devices that launch carried game pieces, likely one at a time.
Beta - adjustable (explanation) | Beta - mobile hurdling | See also: |
Dumpers
Devices that release (with a lower horizontal velocity than shooters) carried game pieces.
Alpha - multiple | Alpha - single file vertical | See also: |
Kickers
Single-contact (non-through action) momentum transfers. May include possessors.
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Moving
Drivetrains, particularly for negotiating obstacles. May include assistive mechanisms (wedges, articulators, bridge manipulators).
Slanted Bump Crossing - multiple | 90deg Barrier Crossing - skid arm | See also: |