Thread: The Ultimate Game-Breaker Robot: 2012 Edition
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Re: The Ultimate Game-Breaker Robot: 2012 Edition
I don't think this is game-breaking as it doesn't provide a serious advantage. Balancing on the bridge isn't all that difficult and wedging under would only save you a few seconds of effort. It would be nice for eliminations to get that extra 20 pts a lot more easily, but qualifications would be a mess. As mentioned by some others before, it would be hard to make this sized robot perform well during teleoperated mode.
I think if a team could fit this size without sacrificing any scoring performance, it'd be a very good strategy, otherwise it doesn't really seem worth it and I don't anticipate many teams actually doing it.