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Unread 11-01-2004, 18:39
Mercutio Mercutio is offline
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Re: Hanging vs. Manipulating 2x balls

The thing about the multiplier balls is that it seems pretty easy to push them off, while if you got a good grip on the bar you would be practically immovable. You'd get knocked around a lot, of course, but you'd stay on.

If you could make a multiplier manipulator that could grab the bar too, like animater31405 said, you might do *very* well. I think the key in this competition will be doing a lot of things with the same part. If you try to make a separate mechanism for everything, you'll end up hitting the size/weight limit about a third of the way in. If you try to specialize, you'll come up against an opponent who can defend against your particular strength.

~Aaron

P.S. I know someone will show up at regionals with a robot that whacks hanging bots with a baseball bat. LOL, piñata time! Send pictures!
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