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Re: Poll: Newton has what types of robots

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Originally Posted by 1885.Blake View Post
I might agree if the poll didn't explicitly separate lifts from ramps already, and if lifts weren't radically different mechanisms from ramps.

I have seen a bunch of pictures of lifting robots that dumped their cargo (and themselves) over in an awful looking heap, or that have had robots slide off during the lifting process. I have also seen pics and video of many that work very well.

Regardless, stable and passive (not moving once deployed), gently-sloped ramps with a good-sized platform at the top of each (each ally gets a private one) is not the same as a a lifting bot on my scouting sheets.

Blake
The only difference between lifts and ramps in this poll, is in my opinion, one of word choice. The separate option for a ramp is for a robot with no arm, the separate option for an arm is for a robot with no ramp, and the other two options are for hybrid ramp/lift and scoring robots.
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