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Introduction

In this Lesson, you will learn about the intake and the catapult on the CatapultBot, and how they work together to pick up, move and launch Buckyballs. You will learn how to use the Controller to control the intake, catapult, and drive the CatapultBot. Then, you will apply this information to score Buckyballs with your CatapultBot in the Buckyball Baskets Challenge. 

Watch the animation below to see an example of how to move the CatapultBot and see a Bucky Basketball game in action! You'll see that the CatapultBot starts in the center of the field and rotates itself to point the intake towards the Buckyball in the bottom right of the field. It pulls the Buckyball onto the catapult and launches the ball through the hoop. The CatapultBot then launches the other two Buckyballs through the hoop. Each time a ball is scored, the score value in the top left updates.

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Select Next > to learn about the intake and the catapult on the CatapultBot, and how to drive the CatpultBot with the Controller.