Today was similar to yesterday, but we began to optimize different methods for our intake and shooter mechanism/created a spreadsheet of important qualities of an intake and a shooter. With this, we made a conceptual rank/effectiveness score for each differently styled mechanism for each quality. The main question was whether or not to go with it all in one assembly/unit. If it were one assembly, the passing would be precise and easy, but the shooting would be less powerful and inconsistent, as it would be the normal aiming, but with a puncher, not a catapult, which, again, we figured wouldn't be as effective. With an intake roller separate from the catapult, it would be slightly less controlled (passing), but shooting would be great, whether a pneumatic catapult or elastic catapult is used.
The single unit would be called jaws, since it looks like they could be jaws, in that there are two crossing structures, the one crossing to the top with rollers, the other static and used as a track for the ball, and a puncher by where they intersect, so the shooter pivots with the intake. On the other hand, there is the assembly where the shooter and intake mechanisms are independent of each other.
Approximate times of working: 3:30 PM -7:30 PM
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