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Re: Beware of R16 your robot design may be too big.
I am going to chalk this one up to a good engineering experience for the kids. We did not pay close enough attention to this, and it turns out one of our two possible lifter designs is an arm which will be about 2.5-3.5 inches too long when it lifts through horizontal. Since the arm design is completely done already, we will have a great ball remover (minus the grabber) if we can't get the other system to work!
On a side note, I do not think it will be that hard to referee this one. If you are designed to lift a ball, they will ask you to demonstrate it at inspection and they can measure then.
While it is giving me some increased blood pressure this weekend, I think this rule will make for some great fun as well.
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Thank you Bad Robots for giving me the chance to coach this team.
Rookie All-Star Award: 2003 Buckeye
Engineering Inspiration Award: 2004 Pittsburgh, 2014 Crossroads
Chairman's Award: 2005 Pittsburgh, 2009 Buckeye, 2012 Queen City
Team Spirit Award: 2007 Buckeye, 2015 Queen City
Woodie Flowers Award: 2009 Buckeye
Dean's List Finalists: Phil Aufdencamp (2010), Lindsey Fox (2011), Kyle Torrico (2011), Alix Bernier (2013), Deepthi Thumuluri (2015)
Gracious Professionalism Award: 2013 Buckeye
Innovation in Controls Award: 2015 Pittsburgh
Event Finalists: 2012 CORI, 2016 Buckeye
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