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Re: Limiting Drivetrain Motors

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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace View Post
I like motors.

If it ever becomes necessary to limit robot mobility, FIRST should prohibit wheels that contact the playing field surface.
Walker-bots FTW! I would love to see this one year, just to watch peoples' brains explode at kickoff.

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On-topic, the destructive nature of this year's game had every bit as much to do with a completely open field as it did with drive trains. Those of us from the pre-bumpers era, I think, widened our eyes and thought, "oh, it's back to that, is it?" when we saw the game. Imagine how differently this would have played out were their barriers (Rebound Rumble), horizontal poles, humps (Breakaway), or the like dividing up the field....
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