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Re: Wrong Field Measurements and Bad FMS

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Originally Posted by Michael Hill View Post
To be perfectly honest, 1 inch sounds pretty reasonable. We have real design constraints and tolerances that you have to design your robot around. This isn't the "Perfect Physics world in a vacuum" where all measurements are spot on. They're close, but not perfect. The field is [mostly] held together with velcro, pins and zip ties. What do you expect?
I expect people to put tape in the right place. Seriously an inch is honestly a pretty big deal for some teams. Why can't we put tape in the right spot? It's not that hard.
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