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Originally Posted by Karthik
So you knew it was a rule, but you decided to violate it anyways? This is what we call "cheating".
I'm sorry to be harsh, but this is ridiculous. FIRST has a lot of rules that people don't like. Just because we don't like them, we still have to obey them. If not, we're punishing teams for taking the time to stay within compliance.
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Precisely. Other teams, like 1188, measured and designed for bumpers. We kept our wheelbase short to allow the bumper to clear the breakover at the top of the ramp. We knew our measurements were close, and sure enough, when we tried to go up the ramp the rear bumper caused the robot to get stuck. We had to remove that bumper, and only go with 3. If we could have made the bumper only 1.5 noodles high, we could have used it - but that wasn't allowed within the rules.