15-02-2008, 12:44
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Mad Scientist
AKA: Me
 FRC #2040 (DERT) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 1,967
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Re: what type of robot will win the most?
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Originally Posted by CraigHickman
Dude... Have you read this year's rule book? Mainly the large section about defensive pushing being strictly not allowed? You might want to go read it... And if "they" can hurdle faster, it means a few things: They're fast driving, which means it's hard to catch them. Oh wait, defense is banned! Whoops! They're fast at scoring, which means they will hurdle a LOT.
My prediction is that the winning team will have two runners to bring the ball around, with one very quick hurdler sending the ball over the pass FAST, with some sort of shooting/throwing mechanism.
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Please quote your rule sections:
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Originally Posted by rules
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b. Contact within the BUMPER ZONE is generally acceptable.
c. Contact outside of the BUMPER ZONE is generally not acceptable, and will result in aPENALTY. The offending ROBOT may be disqualified from the MATCH if the offense isparticularly egregious or if it results in substantial damage to another ROBOT. However,incidental contact outside of the BUMPER ZONE will not be penalized.
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