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Re: [FTC]: Opinion on lifting robots

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Originally Posted by ksafin View Post
I know you need a score to be doubled.

I really don't see any reason for not having a robot that can't differentiate between the two rings. If you grab it with a small claw that's about the size of a diameter, have a "subclaw" of that claw. Hard to explain in text, but here:

You just have a subclaw within a claw. You grab the rings with the top part of the claw, but the sub claw has a tolerance of 2 oz (this can be made more) and if the rings is heavier it will drop. Easy indicator of the weight and it takes little to no space in an existing claw.
I like the idea! (Although I hope that 2 pound spec is a mistake... I don't think the rings weigh two pounds

I was thinking something very similar to that, in a two minute period are you going to be able to go through every single ring though?? There are 26 per alliance. You would pretty much have to pick a ring up, and set it down if it wasn't weighted. You wouldn't have time to score it.
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