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Originally posted by monsieurcoffee
It looks nice but suction cups won't even help. Though suction cups may prevent lifting up, they still slide around... and we all know torque = force over distance and there's a huge distance between the span of your 'wings' and your drive train... Robots can probably spin you around like a top  And the way we're doing things, we can hit you right on that outer most wing part in autonomous
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. . . you'll notice that their wings are designed to deflect some of the force of an oncoming robot.
. . . you'll also notice that, unlike many other robots like this, they have taller towers at each end of their wings. I'd bet it's not for suction cups. There are lots of other cool, interesting things you could do with that space.
Have faith. 45 isn't unbeatable, but they're not a stupid bunch, either. They're a well balanced team that thinks things through, and I doubt you'll find anything that's a sure fire way of getting by them just by looking at their robot.