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Re: 1519 - One Dual-Config Robot or Two Robots?

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Originally Posted by Kingofl337 View Post
After being at GSR and having seen both robots it really felt to me like they were two unique machines. Had smaller robot shared gearboxes, motors, battery holder and electronics you probably would have passed inspection. You could have used chain or gears to connect the two drive trains together and had the robot latch into place. This more then likely would have satisfied the rules. It was a great idea guys, if for nothing else trying to do it.
When we had to decide to use the hurdler robot, we zip-tied 30 lbs of dumbells to it to give greater pushing power. If there was room, we would have bolted the Speed Racer on to illustrate our point.
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