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Originally posted by sevisehda
Suction cups are kinda sketchy in my view. First they are only meant to resist force trying to pull them away from a surface. Second they work best on smooth surfaces. They don't resist nearly the same amount of force laterally.
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Bingo! Which is why I designed an L-shaped bumper system that dampened horizontal forces and then converted them to vertical forces. Therefore, before you could even start pushing the robot across the HDPE one would have to pull up the suction cups--a difficult task.
I personally thought my system was ingenious, but my team wouldn't even try it--possibly because it's never been tried before. I think this bumper system would make suction cups an invaluable resource.
Is this just my superiority complex speaking or was I on to something? (It's ok to be brutal
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