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I know in 2003 in Stack attack the ramp was only a 15 degree angle half of this year's angle and robot on the top playing defense would consistently knock over bots coming up. You can definitely design a robot that won't get knocked over but you'll have to have a very low center of gravity. The trick for the bot at the top of the ramp is push back at the robot as it just comes over the top. I doubt teams will be disqualified or penalized for tipping bots in such a position. Its just a very serious feild hazard that robots will need to be designed to deal with.

So yes as other people have said, you can shoot from the platform and no I don't think it will be that easy to be pinned up there with a reasonably solid drivetrain. Someteams might slip up on the lexan however, if you're going to spend time on the platform test your traction on it. In 2004 robots would slide all over the place on the HDPE using certain tread materials.