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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV
I like the shot of you punching a ball out of another robot, though they had the same color bumpers which is probably bad. I wonder how the referees will call something like this, it will be hard to tell if a team actually just hit the ball or if it hits part of the opponent robot inside their frame perimeter.
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When the students that made the video premiered it in class, those of us that had been at the scrimmage laughed out loud. That was a very tense moment for us, as our driver was just testing the physical limits of the bot and didn't mean to contact the other robot. We weren't alliance partners, as everyone there just used whatever bumpers were convenient. We apologized to the other team and learned a few valuable lessons. It was funny that the videographers chose to show that particular error to the world.
The belts pass through the arms, which are 1/16" tubing. We chose the thin material for its weight on the moment arm, but it's been a lucky choice in that it will break without damaging any other arm or robot parts (learned by experience). We can bring extra arms and change them out with a pretty quick turnaround time.