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Re: pic: 4242 Preliminary CAD 1

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Originally Posted by faust1706 View Post
There is also the concern of center of gravity, as eddie12390 has pointed out. I haven't been around frc long enough to see robots fall over because of game piece weight, if it has even ever happened.
My freshman year (2008), at least one robot fell over at the Wisconsin Regional (and IIRC, almost tried to fall out of the field). This was a combination of height and trackball weight.
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