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Unread 12-04-2003, 16:30
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Stairs would be fun but teams with less resources would have a huge disadvantage. Year to year the game has to be simple for the new teams but different from the previous years to throw of the old teams.
It's not hard or expensive to build a robot that travels up stairs. With the tri-star design all you need is 12 small tires, roller chain, and some sprockets. Tank treads are a lot more complicated but still get the job done but you may need a little fancy designing to do figure out how to get the treads to ride up the stairs. Even giant wheels would get the job done like monster trucks riding on the cars. As long as the wheel's center isn't not below the obstacle then it will travel up the stairs. There is another method to travel up and over obstacles but it looks horrendously difficult to explain without a diagram. Stairs may be a little too complicated though how about pot holes.
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