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that just sucks! but the arm is above the alliance station, they called that once at vcu, even though it happened more than that one time.

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WOW, was there any particular reason, or was it just bad luck that they both fell off the same time?

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They both had one side over the edge of the ramp... and thus, one by one, gravity bit them and took them down...

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Awww! Part of my is crying and part of me is laughing hysterically. I hated it when a robot would fall off our ramps.

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Guard rails for the win.

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i was there when it happened and i found it hilarious

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This was one of the most elegant times I have ever seena robot fall off a ramp, they both fell off almost at the same tims, just about a few sceonds sepertaing them, it was a tense match to eatch and got the crowd wild

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Lots of teams don't think when they build their robot. If they actually thought about the game they would realize that you should have guide rails because it gets crazy.

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im pretty sure 503 does have small guard rails but when your in a hurry and dont go on the ramp in the center guard rails cant help you

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whewn i looked at there robot i thought all i could see is just a plywood ramp, i didnt see anything that looked like a guard rail,

I guess te trick to ramps is try to have a much wider ramp, like about 4ft wide

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Yeah I was driving the arm. Straight up bad luck. And hurry. This was in semifinals I think, and while it sucked because we would have won, it turned out ok and is pretty funny now.

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Or maybe practice.

Actually, guard rails are over-rated. In 2001 we had guard rails and we were 4 ft wide. Some robots could still manage to climb over the guard rail and get stuck. Others that had low clearance could catch their frame on the rail and it would lift their wheels off the ramp so they were no longer making contact and then they would get stuck also. So, the only way to have fool-proof guard rails is to make them taller than any robot's clearance. Even then, if they do not line up properly to start up the ramp, they can ride up the guard rail and really get stuck.

Like I said to begin with, drivers need to practice driving their robot straight up a ramp.

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At GSR team think pink didnt have guard rails (i think) but they had really wide ramps that worked great (nice job guys)

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I saw that match and was just....wow.... I was kinda worried because most people probably did not design their robot to with stand something like that.