This page will be used to share
potential ideas for pneumatics and the 2006 Game.
Check the Official rules from FIRST
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here)
The new components, reed
switches, rotary actuators and pressure transducer offer some interesting
possibilities
The rotary actuator offers 90º
rotation and suggests a wrist action perhaps for tossing. Remember the
10 ft. per second suggestion.
How about a kicker that sends the
balls back to the human player from well out in the field, saving the
time to push the balls back and come out to the field again.
click to expand schematic diagram
From:
Nelson Green Team 1108 Paola, Kansas:
Use the double solenoid and route all exhaust into a single solenoid.
Block the exhaust and one output on the single solenoid to make
multi-positioning. Keep airlines short to reduce springiness due to the
compliance of air.
the actuator possible.
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