27-08-2014, 20:55
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Re: Penalizing mecanum wheeled robots durring alliance selection.
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Originally Posted by Sam_Mills
Source? We all know there are little tricks like deployable omnis or ball casters, choice of bumper fabric, etc., but if it was as simple as "yes they can," then RUSH would not have won MSC this year.
If you were going to site "spin out of it," or "a good driver can get out of it no problem," then you should go on TBA and watch some high level play.
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I am reasonably confident that 1678 probably knows a thing or two about handling defense... He isn't saying that T-bones are easily beatable, he's saying it is physically possible for a tank drive robot to escape a T-bone pin. This happens all the time, just not quickly or reliably enough to satisfy many teams.
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