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Re: Blocking the lane with an ubertube in autonomous

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Originally Posted by Cory View Post
Why would you not just drive through the tube and smash it?
We had some experience with this at the Nashua scrimmage, they don't give that easily. They do crush some, but they're very very resilient when they get between the wall and your robot, and for the most part they don't crush enough to allow easy access to the slot in that position, and they don't fly up and out of the way when hit hard like you might expect.

I'm willing to bet we'll see this happen a few more times at least (either on purpose or on accident) at this weekends' events.
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