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Re: Category A Crossing?

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Originally Posted by MrJohnston View Post
Second: Some of those others will require simple manipulators to lift/pull/etc.
Or, teamwork. Even if your team doesn't have effective manipulators for everything, good driver communication can still breach defenses.

For example, Robot A (which could be the base kitbot) goes under the low bar into the courtyard (incidentally weakening the low bar), then opens either the drawbridge or sally port. Robot B then goes bumper-to-bumper with Robot A and they both drive through to the courtyard. Robot B has crossed the defense and weakened it. Sure, you would have to do it twice, but you don't need a manipulator to cross the sally port and drawbridge. It just might take two robots.
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