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At the beginning of the build period while we where doing designs, a few students mockup-ed a PLATFORM to go under another robot. The basic idea was to go between the wheels/treads and then lift, thereby disabling motion on their part.
Ben: I do deny that lifting a robot presents a clear danger to that robot.
Thats where the engineering challenge comes in. It would be easy to stab the other bot with a pitchfork and lift. But that would damage them.
So how do you go about doing it without dammage? Matt and his group decided to go after what they felt would be the least common way to score points.
It got shot down for the day we had the meeting to decide on a desing, the 3second pin rule was released on the yahoo boards. We interpreted lifting them as pinning them and decided to persure other things.
Anyways, if it dosn't damage, go for it. Everything has the potential for damage. 130lbs moving at 12fps, just a bit of energy available for transfer. Pulliong a goal in a tug-o-war, possiblity for burnt out motors. Everything isn't safe all the time. Until it breaks someting, I say good job on a unique bot.
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Viva Olancho!
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