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Originally Posted by Nathan Streeter
Agreed... This is fundamentally the exact same mechanism of "grasping" the sidewall as 118 used if the CG isn't over the bridge surface, like you said. The only solutions physics could allow for this Free Body Diagram (that I can think of) would involve either "gluing" yourself to the surface of the bridge or "grasping" the sidewall of the bridge similar to how 118 did.
I don't have that hard a time believing this one wasn't ruled illegal, though... This one looks to basically be sitting on the bridge. 118 looked to be hanging off the side. So much of how the GDC ends up ruling things is based off how the solution looks. If they see something they don't like, it seems like they then figure out how to rule it illegal... * sigh *
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I watched this team's alliance triple balance on the practice field. If there is any more weight on the side off the bridge, the robot will fall off. It does not "grasp" the bridge. It does not apply force to two or more sides of an arena element. The notch is there for alignment.