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Re: Structural Integrity of Competition Defenses?

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Originally Posted by spydan View Post
Several other defenses had various damage. The field elements really cannot withstand the force of the robots this year.
And that's exactly what I was worried about. As someone who is not in a mechanical subgroup, that was the first thing that came to mind... Mostly because the components used in the defenses looked really flimsy. Just watching a video of a match and seeing a robot pull the drawbridge down makes me cringe. It's so flimsy...

I dunno, the closest I come to working with bend-related issues is the bend radius on our wires
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