Design

Our strategy requires the use of an arm and a cart. The whole apparatus is contained within the cart which will start over our slot and on top of the arena. As the game starts, we have our track arm telescope down. When the track arm is set into place then the pushing arm will engage by sliding down the track arm. It isn’t pulled down by gravity, but instead propelled downwards with a power screw. The pushing arm is a block with a sharpened wedge at the end. As the pushing arm is propelled downwards it will place itself behind the balls. Once it has hit the bottom of the arena, the cart will drive forward and the arm will be pushed along the bottom of the arena. If the middle section is blocked off by the opponent, it is possible to lift our arm up and gather a few of the balls into the cart. We can then attempt to drive over to the other side with our cart and park on the opponent’s side.

Front view of the cart with view of arm

Track arm and wedge extended

Top view of cart without motors or gears applied