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Re: Best defensive robots throughout FIRST

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Originally Posted by Hawiian Cadder View Post
Although it isn't defense, there was a team in 2008 that built a robot that picked up a track ball on a huge rotating boom, parked near the middle of the field, and then spun the boom and the ball over the whole field. Scoring the trackball about every 2 seconds, Ultimate defense through ultimate offense. Too bad they were disqualified.
It was 190, but they were pushing the line of legality, and not legal at some events. Anyone who got a chance to see it would have to agree the infinite rotation of the arm, and many of the other features were quite impressive from an engineering standpoint.
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