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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
05 still allowed defensive wedges. This led to a lot more flipped robots.
04's step saw a fair number of robots that would get shoved off.
03 was full on autonomous ramming on top of a ramp.
Bumpers? What are those?
This ain't rough guys. Our bot took a bit of a beating in Orlando but nothing like the damage robots used to take.
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I remember needing to take a sawzall to 1075's 2004 frame after a head-on fullspeed autonomous collision at the Wonderland Invitational, because the frame bent so far the wheels couldn't turn any more. We had an awesome auto, and defending it just meant "ram them full-speed".
1075 in 2003 though, had bumpers before they were cool. Full-speed auto ramp ramming. Fun times. I miss the days when your robot fell apart if you didn't build it to take a beating.