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Re: 3 robots designs I hope to see this season

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Originally Posted by farmersvilleRob View Post
On the three shot robot, there is absolutely no way to load 3 balls at a time, and shoot all three with a spitting bot or any bot for that matter. The balls simply are too heavy.
The motors available in the kit of parts this year have a combined power output of over 3,000 Watts. There is easily enough power to do this.

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If I were the other team and saw someone balancing, i would simply take a 3 point foul and touch the bridge to make it "not supporting all robots) instead of have a team score 10-20 points off a chassis bot basically.
If you interfere with the act of the opposing alliance balancing their bridge, you get a Red Card and their bridge counts as balanced. (G25)
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