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Re: Riding Up On Balls

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Originally Posted by Cory
I didnt really see this problem, with the exception of one or two teams, and I watched all of Portland and VCU's elimination rounds, as well as most of Portland yesterday afternoon.

However, I do agree with Tyler, if you do find yourself riding up. Another solution would be to angle small pieces of metal forward and down, like a wedge, but not from the top of your bot, just from the bottom down to near the ground, which would help to keep balls from jamming under.

Cory

From what you saw, the NJ regional was completly opposite. At least every other match, a robot was found on top of a ball. Most of the times, they got back off, but other times, they fell over. (that was also a problem) The ball under the bot thing happend usually when a team was trying to get onto the ramp, or, when they drove back off the 6 inch platform to come back down.
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