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Can't grasp, grab, grapple, etc. But if you can reach them - with only a 14" extension and considering the Fender - then you could dunk.

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How heigh is the bump in the middle of the field? my team seems it would be easier just to jack up the robot and go over the bumps instead of figuring out an idea to balance across that board.

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Read 2.2.5 (yes, you have to read even the obscure parts of the manuals)

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So the beam in the middle is only 4 inches tall, so if you robot's wheels are above 8 inches tall, you could easily go over the bump, instead of building a contraption to lower the balance:cool:

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Or you could have a lot of smaller wheels, or some method of raising and lowering your wheels :cool:

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The bump in the middle is not going to be a factor if the base of your robot is over 4 inches. If the base in general, or any part of the robot for that matter (except the wheels) is above 4 inches, it can not physically touch the bump. If a robot is over the bump, and the base is 5 in. then there will be an inch of space between the bot and the bump.

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How do u get up the lever if it is in the horizontal position.

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WE made our password have a capitol and a number and we changed our state code to capitol and it work (before it was just printing our city)

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I have a question about the ruling in the rule G05. The rule states "Each bridge will be preset with two Basketballs. Basketballs allotted to Robots that are not used, will be present on the Coopertition Bridge." What is considered not "used"? Could hoarding 2 balls to an alliance member after they have shot their two balls be considered using the balls? or is a robot only allowed to use 2 balls during auton?

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I interpret "used" to mean "contained in the robot before the game starts".

The English in the sentence you quoted from the rules is mushy though. Is it the Basketballs that are not used, or the Robots that are not used?

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if anyone wants the video of the game animation for their computer as a video file, PM me with you email and I'll send it to you.

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I got this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOXsdhZZSdM
Video animation.

Also, I like how they top will.i.am with more will.i.am.

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Was a little busy and just found this thread. By the amount of pages in the thread that built up so quickly, looks like it survived just fine.

Thanks, Brandon!
Jane