I have a late season question. I know this should be on the QnA but I thought it would be better answered here.
We are preparing for state and therefore are adjusting our autonomous. Because of the rolling rule change we are having to change it. We first had the idea to just make the code go back and forth to pick up the balls. But then we realized we could try something new with pneumatics. So I have a question on whether what we are doing is legal or not.
Right now our robot has an extended intake that reaches to the second zone. This allows us to rapid load quickly. But what w have added is 2 pneumatic cylinders it from the extended intake. These are diagonally attached with plates in the end. We are intending these to be used so that we can place a ball in between our cylinders and the last roller on our extended intake. The cylinders would then extend, pushing the ball into the intake.
So is this legal? I am questioning this only based on the fact that we are placing the ball “in our robot”. This is not stated in the rule but I just want to make sure. I will attach photos of our robot and if you have any questions please ask.
just curious, why did you design it to be diagonal. I would think that if it pushes it straight, it would work better because it would be more consistent.
This is legal, but you have to be very careful. If you accidentally touch the robot with the ball, that will be illegal, and some refs might not be able to tell if the ball touched the robot. If they cannot tell, the might not give you the benefit of the doubt, and they will DQ you.
I did think about that but for 2 reasons I decided not to. First I wanted to use 2 cylinders instead of one to give it more power and I couldn’t get 2 to fit right going straight. Secondly, I wanted to give the ball a more inward force so it goes straight.
I definitely will try this again but I think what is on there will work.
