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Originally Posted by NotaJoke
It is a lot harder than you think to convince your alliance partners to drive on top of your robot, regardless of how well you design the ramp.
You'd be better off spending resources to try and hang at the third level for yourself. The systems would be similar levels of complexity, and even if you can only pull off a level 2 hang you still earn the same number of points as you would have with a ramp bot.
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Maybe.
For bots that could only hang 10, a 20-point ramp/lift is a very tempting pick if it's properly executed. There would have to be a way for the lifted bot's c.g. to remain close to the pyramid though.
I know we'd modify our bot to accommodate a good lift bot (appendage that touched the first rung) if that bot could climb for 10+ while lifting us for 20. Of course, we would want the lifting bot to prove itself to be stable, either on the practice field and/or on the field with a brave guinea pig. The 10climb/20lift combo may be easier for a team than a 20-pt self climb, depending on the team's resources and which design they come up with that's better.
The real difficulty will be doing a flexible design that can handle multiple drive train dimensions, shapes, and types.