View Single Post
  #23   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 29-09-2014, 14:33
EricH's Avatar
EricH EricH is offline
New year, new team
FRC #1197 (Torbots)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: SoCal
Posts: 19,823
EricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond reputeEricH has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Unexpected Plays That Make the Crowd Go Wild!

Quote:
Originally Posted by Koko Ed View Post
Robots got 50 points from hanging from the bar. 237's design was unique that year. The only other robot that had a similar design was 868. They would sheath the bar keeping robots from being able to latch onto the bar.
190's flaps (visible at the end of the video as they come up onto the bar) served a similar purpose. Ditto for 330's Lexan shield (a late addition, after we lost a regional due to someone hanging off of our robot--plate of Lexan mounted to the base of the arm).

I don't think the rest of the bar-blockers (there were a few more that tried that stunt) had any similar provision--they might've, but tended to rely on getting sideways to block someone from hooking on. I could be wrong about that.
__________________
Past teams:
2003-2007: FRC0330 BeachBots
2008: FRC1135 Shmoebotics
2012: FRC4046 Schroedinger's Dragons

"Rockets are tricky..."--Elon Musk

Reply With Quote