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Re: Bumper Update

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Originally Posted by Blizzard3197 View Post
Okay, so the gap for the ball is 10-12 inches, right? And the rules state that there must be 8 inches on either side of the opening from the corner out, like figure 4-3, bottom left robot. So 10+8+8=26, which is a lot. And that would not work for our previous diagram for our robot.

Though we're playing around with the idea of an arm/sucker combo with wheels to suck up the ball and the arm to aim.
I didn't ask for how it would affect you. I asked for the NOW dimension. Read: As your robot sits right now, in CAD or in "person", is it <= 120"? And what exactly are you working with for dimensions? There may be ways to adjust to be able to use a gap.

BTW, 26" is actually a rather narrow robot, even under frame perimeter being the dimensional driver. Many teams will build more "square" robots.
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