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Unread 01-19-2006, 11:34 PM
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Re: Blocking Shooting Robots

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Originally Posted by EricRobodox
Make an extending PVC pipe addition on both sides of a robot at exactly 5 feet. Have cloth connecting the two, but make it have slack so you can get around the flag. then you just keep following the robot with the cloth over it. It will force the ball back into the shooter, and piss off a team pretty bad. I decided against it for GP.
With the slack you suggest, the cloth between the two poles would droop down below 5', and when you tried to push it over another robot the fabric would probably get caught up on the front of the other robot.

But seriously, if you have enough time sitting in front of this 'bot that is trying to shoot to extend a drapery over it, you probably have time to find something else to do to foul their aim before they fire a ball.

EDIT: Hadn't meant to post yet
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Oh, maybe I shouldn't have pushed that...

Last edited by sciencenerd : 01-19-2006 at 11:36 PM.