Thread: Should FIRST address "ramp bots"?
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Re: Should FIRST address "ramp bots"?
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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
If we ban one of the simple machines from being used, I think we should ban wheels as well.
Actually, that will fit in rather well with the planned "no fasteners" rule for next year...
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Originally Posted by Greg Marra
This is an issue that could be addressed in game design. It seems to me that a robot with sloped sides would have trouble getting onto a raised platform; ala the 2004 game.
Of course, the other way to address it is to design a game where sloped sides are REQUIRED on every robot! Then everyone would be on the same level playing field (or sloped playing field, or whatever)

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