Originally Posted by
dragonzrmetal
I'm going to share my secret. I'm sure it would be effective from a practical viewpoint, so I think the main question is if anyone has done it or not.
I noticed the amount of damage flippers do just via transmission of shock, but lots of that energy is lost to kinetic energy when the other robots go flying. Instead of building a rotary system around pneumatics to throw a robot, I've envisioned a large "fist" of sorts, coming down say 30 degrees below the horizontal, to impart the energy straight into the other robot. Going by the 2016 flippers, that much energy should smash any exposed wheels, and have a great potential to knock out the electronics. Think Cassius Chrome, but not rubbish, just one massive pneumatic battering ram. Newton's third law is possibly the main thing to contend with. I'll draw a picture if it's a bit unclear.
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