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Re: Team UPDATE 1-21-2014

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Originally Posted by Gearheads1 View Post
I agree with what MikeE is saying; all your wheels have to be within the GOALIE ZONE at the beginning of Autonomous. It will be close with one bumper in the wide kitbot configuration, but we're hoping we make it. Touching a low goal or alliance wall should not be a problem.
It might be worth keeping in mind that the field tolerances (in this case, the tape) can vary a bit, IIRC it's something like +/- 1". I doubt this will be all that big of a problem (worst case, point out that the field line is out of tolerance and they might fix it) but it's worth being aware of as you design/build your robot. If you've got something like 1/8" between being legal, and not legal, you might be in for an adventure, considering that a gaffers tape line that 'appears straight' probably varies about that much.

Also, as far as touching/not touching the walls/goal are concerned, you should only need to pass the paper test - i.e. if you can slide a sheet of paper between the object and your robot, you should be fine.
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