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Unread 19-02-2003, 04:11
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Originally posted by sanddrag
At Chatsworth it didn't really have a chance to stack anything (nor did anyone else) and it got flipped easily.

Ouch. Well, in defense of our poor bot, I didn't see a lot of stacking from any other robots either -- it was mostly a box shoving match down there.

As for flipping... Embarrassingly, it did topple twice during competition. Of course, I heard that it was under certain circumstances and the guys are fixing up a solid panacea in the interim before shipping.

So the toppling will be resolved (some shifting of components to alter CG is part of the package), and I think the box grabbing mechanism is also to be changed. That's all I could say -- I'm a programmer and am clueless when it comes to mechanical design and engineering anyway. So I guess my talk is all moot. Wee!

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