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Unread 09-01-2007, 09:02
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Re: Letting robots on top vs getting on top of robots

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Originally Posted by lukevanoort View Post
As a note to all teams planning to build lifter/ramp bots, or debating the idea like us, two robots is actually a max of about 297 lbs, (2*(120lb robot + 15lb bumpers + 13.5 lb battery) not 240lbs.
Are you implying that the mechanism (ramp,platform,etc) that the other alliance robots are mounting cannot be touching the floor? I didn't see anything about that. We should be able to build a platform that rests on the floor and raises the other robot 4". The platform would only need to support the weight of 1 robot. You could have this on both sides of the robot and lift 2 of them.