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Unread 04-05-2005, 15:06
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Re: Should FIRST address "ramp bots"?

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
Im just saying enforce the flipping rules a bit more strictly and ask teams who's wedges become hazardous to do something about it.
That's fine, but then the same logic should be applied to any robot with a powerful drivetrain who successfully pushes over another team. I've seen plenty of robots without ramps but with plenty of muscle do this (unintentionally, probably, but the same can be said of the ramp-bots).
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That could be as simple as adding stops to the wedges to prevent teams from driving too far up them.
If another team is driving up someone's ramps then the robot with ramps and tips then I don't see how it's the ramp-bot's fault. Anyone who is competing in this competition should know what happens to a robot's center of gravity when it drives up an incline