We are having trouble with the catapult in the Swish hero bot for the 2024-2025 game

After we first finished and programed the Swish robot, the catapult worked great. Later, the catapult wasn’t working. It wouldn’t pop up with enough force to throw the ball. Could you help us?

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Are sure you didn’t change anything on the robot? Also, please show some pictures of the launching mechanism so we can diagnose the issue


This is it.

ok, you’ve got it. We will try to get back in touch soon.

Are you sure the rope is on the spool? sometimes, it gets caught on the gear or something and will not fire.

Does the orientation of the ratchet on your robot match the correct orientation shown in the instructions? It’s difficult to tell based on the angle of your photo, but it looks like your robot might’ve been assembled with the ratchet flipped around in the wrong orientation.

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What do you mean by the ratchet? Sorry. Please specify.

The ratchet is the green gear-like piece the red arroow is pointing to.

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Based on what I see BananaPi is right. The ratchet (green gear with one-way teeth) on the robot is facing the wrong direction. In the photo the flat side of the ratchet teeth is facing away, it should be facing forward.

Ok, I have done that. I flipped the green ratchet the other way. That was the only change I made. The catapult is still not working. I will try to send pictures as soon as I can. The only difference now is that the robot now makes a ticking sound when trying to throw the ball. Can you help?