[CRUSH-build] Preparation for Las Vegas

[Brian]

I think the four biggest goals for Las Vegas need to be:

1) Score in autonomous
2) Add a track to the basket so it doesn't jam
3) Fix the problem of not getting on the ramp
4) Get the ball sweeper working

Most of the discussion so far has been on the ball sweeper, but as much 
as I would love to see a working one, I think the other three goals are 
much more important. Looking back at the AZ regional, we saw that the 
teams scoring in autonomous and getting on the ramp had a serious 
advantage over the teams that couldn't.

1) From what I am told the autonomous should work, although it has never 
been tested. This would be a good thing to test on the practice robot, 
and then the real robot on Thursday of competition. Also, if we do 
happen to have a working ball sweeper we could be an auto-dumper instead 
of an auto-shooter (which might or might not be easier to program).

2) I think we all agree this fix is trivial, but will somehow prove to 
have some difficulties. I am confident something will be figured out though.

3) It seemed to me that our problem getting on the ramp was that our 
frame was preventing our first wheel from reaching the ramp. I wonder if 
we could fix this by lowering the wheels a little. This may not be 
possible, and may also make us a little more top heavy. Any thoughts here?

4) Although option 2 discussed earlier *may* be easier, I am still 
leaning towards option 3 because it would allow us to have the best of 
both worlds; we could load balls into our basket, but still be able to 
score in the low goal. We have two five hour fix it windows to make any 
upgrade part we may need, and I don't think we need to make that many 
for the conveyor. We would need a new smaller roller (which would give 
us a natural gear reduction), a new top roller, a new back plate to 
guide the balls, and then simply a bunch of surgical tubing. Voila.

Brian