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Originally Posted by EricH
If you did it right, you would probably be A-OK, at least as far as the robot rules are concerned. (We'll leave out the question of how you work it with your alliance partners--that's your problem.)
Doing it right would mean something like a snowplow or cowcatcher (the angled part of the quoted post), covered with some form of padding and/or cloth, designed to stay in the bumper zone and the 54" cylinder when deployed but start inside the frame perimeter. I would say that that would be quite legal as regards both robot and gameplay rules (though I do suggest checking to make sure your actuation method is legal).
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Working it out with your alliance partners wouldn't be too hard. Just make sure that the primary robot you choose to protect doesn't out-drive yours, and is worth protecting. It would work especially well with a teammate that happens to be susceptible to defense.
I'm sure 840 would have loved a robot that can put a cow catcher out on their alliance. It means the potential 84" robot has to be that much further away from them.