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Re: Ramp bot vs. Arm bot

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Originally Posted by Fe_Will View Post
The one thing I learned last year is that 30 degrees may not seem like a lot but many bots required a running start to get up and the number that rammed the back wall was staggering. Now imagine the back wall is your arm.
Good point. Although I don't think that that would happen often. Any team that can adequatly create a robot with a working arm and a ramp then I think that they would be able to find some way to shield it or protect it.
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