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Unread 06-01-2003, 20:57
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How I was thinking about using this rule was not to make a robot that would immobilize others, but rather force itself to be immobilized. If one robot had a pair of arms that were desinged to grab crates on either side, a slightly larger than crate sized robot could wedge itself in between the arms and thus force the other robot to immobilize it and by doing so disqualify the other team. This would not be a very effective method of gaining qualifying points, but in the elimination rounds it would be a very good way to win. It might a be a very easy way to get picked for the elimination matches.