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Originally Posted by Madison
...This year, there is a very simple, valuable role a team without a functioning basketball manipulator can fill. It involves the bridge, of course.
If you're unsure that you'll be able to achieve a mechanism to lower the bridge, instead make certain that your robot has a flat surface that is, say, 10.5 - 11" above the carpet. Make it 3-4" deep and at both edges of your robot. Now, beyond that, build a taller frame -- two vertical members or even flags could suffice here -- that will hit the bridge when your robot drives below it.
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I really like where Madison is going with this. I would suggest instead of vertical risers, to have angled risers so that driving under the bridge deeper will tilt it down for your teammates. Have a flag at the transition from the 10" flat zone to the angled (probably 30 degrees should work well.
If you build this, you could be very helpful with teams that do not have a bridge lowering device.
There is also a very very very very simple devices that can be made that can score almost as many points as a bridge balance. Very very very very simple...