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Originally Posted by Paul Copioli
The mini bots traveling up the pole in 1.5 seconds or less have at least 10 times the energy required to trigger at the specified trigger force.
I am sure the system will get fixed, but the tower is definitely the problem right now.
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We had a lot of issues triggering the poles at Kettering. Fortunately the Refs were reasonable about this, and there were only a few actual minibot races that there was a concern of which alliance got what place. The switch on our bot had a push force at 1.5X the maximum force specified in the manual. The bot itself builds up enough momentum to make the 10 foot steel pole on the practice field jump (not properly anchored) when it strikes. Force is definitely not the issue...