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Originally Posted by ehfeinberg
There is a difference between designs and pratical robots. For all intensive purposes, I could build a giant sling shot to shot the crates into the tank. But just because I could build it doesn't mean that it is effective or that I could build it well.
And besides, having a playing field which is non symmetrical is going to cause one alliance to have advantages over the other.
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I'm quite sure these designs will work. And this is a design competition. Nothing will be tested in real life, so the only way teams will be able to prove their idea works is with documentation and reasonable explanation. If you can back up your design well enough, you could build Plowie with a slingshot and magnetic pickup system on a unicycle stand and still win. That being said, you've got to back it up extremely well.
As for the symmetrical part, that's just how the game goes. I think the difference is negligible enough not to make a difference. Besides, as the manual always says "The best teams will always design around these small differences".