Lowering the Bar?

[Aignam]

Was the hanging bar lowered (as was spotlighted at kickoff) at any of the regionals this weekend to allow for easier robot removal from the bar? Just curious.

[Max Lobovsky]

not at NJ, but there is a picture/post about a malfunction with the lowering mechanism in Manchester.

didnt realize you were from 25 so you know about NJ

[Gui Cavalcanti]

Yeah, they were raising and lowering all the time at Richmond. Our robot had a caribbeaner on it's main hook and a solid worm-gear-driven arm (instead of flexible PVC or something) and the first time they lowered the bar our robot got stuck for 5 minutes... the refs weren't happen, luckily it was during practice matches :) They eventually let teams get off the bar without lowering it.

[jamapor]

They were lowering the bar in Manchester as well. They had a problem with it also, and were delayed until Dean Kamen himself came out and helped the referees fix it.

[Scott Shaw 237]

Like posted before, no at NJ. But the field operatiosn crew did ask us whenever we came out if we needed it lowered.