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Unread 10-01-2008, 18:20
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Accident?

My team has been (like most other teams) throwing around the idea of a teloscoping arm similar to the robot Sparky for anyone that attened the VCU regional last year. The main problem i see with this, is although the idea worked last year, the rings only weighed a fraction of this years ball. BUT lets say this situation occurs:

You are in the process of hurdling, (your most vaunerable postion) with your arm fully extended, and comming around the turn a bot either slams into you by accident and tips you over, or forces you into the overpass, breaking the arm AND tipping you over.

I know a penalty will be awarded to the bot at fault, but at this point the damage is already done, you are tipped over, and have a broken arm that isnt easily fixed...

this was more of a rant than a question, but does anybody see the "flaw" in my thinking or can anyone add to it?
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