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Re: Scaling the Tower

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Originally Posted by Boltman View Post
Doubt bots will be swinging into each other at all ...that seems to be an unnecessary thing to account for.
If a robot's width, including bumpers, is wider than the face of the tower there is a potential risk of contact. A bumper from Robot 1, traveling faster upwards than a bumper from Robot 2 (who has climbed higher than Robot 1) can push into Robot 2's bumper given the previous scenario. Robot 2 is now being acted upon by Robot 1's bumper from below. This would assume the chassis of one of the robots swings closer to contact the face of the tower when they begin their climb but that is very likely to be the case for a number of robots. Vertical ascension is a given.

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