Me and my team was wondering about how you made your shooter. Being in Jr. High and all we don’t really understand fully what we should do for it and are trying to find shooters to give us inspiration for the shooter that we are about to make for our robot.
This robot is a great resource to newer team so why don’t y’all Tryitands.ee.
Sorry for not being specific, First could we use your intake… and secondly I meant how can we use YOUR intake but not build it on top of are robot we are building, in other words how can we build your intake separate from the robot then put it on 
Hi there! Your robot looks amazing. I’m from a relatively new robotics team in Toronto. I see that your intake has 2 motors connected with gears. In what way would this make a difference from a one-motor configuration? We currently have a one-motor configuration with compound gears to maximize speed but it seems like the motor is having a hard time spinning all the gears. Please let me know, thanks a lot!
Hi, our team was trying to build this and test how it worked, I was wondering if you had the polycarbonate cutout designs. Thanks
If you would watch the reveal video/take a look at the CAD model, one can most clearly see that the polycarb used is the green backboards from the Change Up season. These were found on all goals attached to the field perimeter, and are legal for use in VRC as they are of both legal thickness and material.
If you do not have access to such backboards, regular old polycarb should do the trick.
Having an additional motor on your intake would give it more power. In the case of this robot, the roller mechanism is connected to the intake, so having 2 motors on both subsystems allows the subsystem to have enough power for both mechanisms (1 would also work here, but with an extra motor that really wouldn’t have a place elsewhere on the robot besides perhaps a 3 motor flywheel. You could also make each mechanism separate- 1 motor for each, not chained/geared together -but in this case it’s better to have 2 motors for each mechanism.)
It also might be a good idea to play with the gear ratio and the powering of the intake. You should make sure your intake is able to spin freely without a motor attached (called “free spin”) so that there is not any friction in the subsystem that may hinder its performance.
Hi! Basically everything @RoboCatz said, but my intake/roller mech only uses 1 motor! I was able to lower the friction on the entire mechanism enough for it to only be able to run off 1.
Hey! I was wonder how the plates of polycarbonate was bent for the intake, there doesent seem to be any contact points between the polycarb and other c-channels so i was wondering how the polycarb was bent. Also, do you have the measurements for the polycarbonate piece cut-outs? Much appreciated, thanks
Thank you so much, you gave my team so many ideas for an intake without flywheels. I hope you guys have a great season!
Hi there! We are having some troubles with the angle of the intaker. we doubt where to necklace it and how, if they are two methacrylate plates or not. If someone can send me their discord to talk about it, I would appreciate it!
How do you change the driving code to arcade controls
Hi there! There is a template of how to program arcade controls located in vexcode! Just go to file → open examples → and pick the one youre looking for
Sorry, I’m not quite sure what youre asking here. The intake is a bent piece of polycarb, 1/16" thick, and its attached with two screws on the top with a piece of plate, and then two zipties attached to the crossbar on the bottom. If you have any more questions, you should ask them in the main discussion here, so that if anyone ends up having a similar question then they can just look and see the answer.
What does the accurateturn function in the code mean and how do i control the function and understand it
Hi! The accurateturn() function uses the inertial sensor to do a simple p loop turn. You can see an example of how to call the function under autonomous(). You just put in a direction you would like the robot to turn, say 180 degrees to the left, with a speed coefficient of 0.6, or by calling accurateturn(-180, 0.6). I won’t explain too much how it actually works cause theres several incredible resources both online and here on the forum, but all this loop does is it takes the difference in angles from the current angle to the desired angle and then moves a robot a speed, gradually slowing down until it reaches its mark. One of my favorite websites for how a pid loop works (more advanced than just a p loop, but it also explains how a p loop works, is here: http://georgegillard.com/documents/2-introduction-to-pid-controllers)
That looks like a low strength gear that has had some teeth cut off to make it into a cam.
Welcome to the forum.
This is a 60t gear that I removed the teeth off of to make a slip gear. You can remove the teeth in whatever way you wish, whether that be a belt sander, a good pair of snips, a file, or sandpaper.