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2C: Slapdown Intake

Intake Golden Rules

There are many good resources out there for how to design good intakes. Andrew Torrance from Team 254 has provided a list of golden rules for roller intakes.

The Rules

  • The surface speed of intake rollers/wheels should be at least double the robot's max speed.
  • Maximize grippiness with game piece through all methods to maximize energy transfer, and thus intake speed and reliability
  • If object is squishy, make your rollers rigid, if the object is hard, make your rollers compliant/squishy.
  • Maximize intake area to make it easier to intake during auto and teleop.
  • Intakes need to be robust as they are frequently out of frame perimeter.
  • Use sensors to detect game pieces.

Reference Design

The reference design follows all of the golden rules apart from sensor mounting as modeling 3D printed parts is outside the scope of this project.