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Re: Overpass rigidity?
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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
Hmmm.... This seems a bit of a concern considering the possibility of robot-to-overpass interaction during hybrid mode.

Are they going to have replacement overpass parts available should the overpass be damaged or should teams just prepare for the overpass to not conform to the specs once the compitition starts?
Hopefully, no robots should ever be hanging on the Overpass, even during Hybrid Mode. If they do, and the field is damaged as a result, then they are going to run into Rule <G34> and <G35>. But the likelihood of that is small. As noted, it took two of us hanging on the Overpass to deform it. Without getting into specifics, I think we can accept that I outweigh a legal FIRST robot (at least this year). So unless there are multiple robots hanging on the Overpass, I don't think this is going to be a problem.

I don't know if the trucks that transport the fields around will be carrying any extra field parts. Based on past practice, I would doubt it. But all they will really need is one of these:



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