I know this is a very old thread...but after attending the central florida regionals, I have to say that there wasn't much problem with falling off the bar, At one point, all 4 robots even got up on the bar at the same time! There's only one team I can think of that fell completely off the bar, and then there are some that backtracked at the end, and, of course, a LOT of bots flipping over in other places. :\
So teams that are still worrying about hanging or getting up on the platform (some aren't even attempting it because of the danger), at the Cetnral Florida Regionals, there wasn't too much of a problem with falling off the bar.
