Not true.

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maybe...it comes down to traction like last year if you get into a pushing match. But if any of you were around for the 2000 competition....the ramp will be equally nasty if not even worse like last year. Fast robots may end up flying across and over the ramp. It 14 degrees just like the Ski-Jump Ramps on the Royal Navy's Invincible -class aircraft carriers.

I concur 100%. The first 15 seconds will determine who wins for the round, and the last 15 seconds will determine, by how much.

yeah, the mad dash for the ramp in the end like in 2000 and whoever knocks the most bins over has a better chance of winning. You'll probably have at least a stack height unit of 2.

whoa whoa- a lot of you are forgetting the bars... Gatekeepers would be very ineffective if they didn't block the ramp and both bars-

Yeah, I'll pass that along to the people that use them to move heavy glass :rolleyes: .

Touche...

Re: Re: Suction Cups = bad
 

If that isn't farther from the truth. If you use the right stuff, you will be golden. We have been testing, and found something that can hold w/ a very rough piece of stock plastic. Just use the right surrondings, and the right thickness, and you are golden!! :]

usually those people holding up the heavy glass are not being rammed by 130 pound robots bent on being on the hill

This is where a limbo bot would become handy

not if a few bins are in the way....you have to spend time moving them....

Drill Motors
 

Every year they give us drill motors but don't let us screw into anything....Rats!!

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King of the hill? good tv show, not such a good idea
 

I don't think that king of the hill is the best idea. only if you have the perfect suction system, or bracing system would you be able to defend your position on top of the plastic. however, i think that the time and weight of the robot devoted to getting that extra 25 points is better spent stacking bins or stopping opponent robots from knocking down your stacks. i think that FIRST threw in the bonus 25 as a distraction from 4 bots all simultaneously running around and playing what i consider the better part of the game, where real "strategy" is needed- knocking down your opponent's stack vs. building your own. if the game is played correctly, the highest stack only needsto be around 7 high, regardless of the number of opponent bots on top of the hill. that is why i feel that the hill strategies are pointless.

how can you complain about the drill motors? o the torque, excellent for transmissions......

hey, the drills are giving us roughly 30% more power than last years!