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Re: Game options
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Originally Posted by 2560DawgDM View Post
so my team is in turmoil right now. the rules say that nothing can exeed the perimeter of our bumpers. if this is so how can we pick up a ball or design something like that?
Popular designs ideas this year include a gap in the "front" of your robot to herd balls & collect them up a ramp or conveyor of sorts.
Or your Payload Specialist can always load a top mounted hopper on your robot so you don't even have to pick any balls up off the floor if you don't want to.

Check out some of the recent pictures here in the galleries on the portal page, & you'll see some ideas & concepts of those 2 ideas.

Keep in mind other rules are in place to design around, but the key is that you are correct; nothing can extend past that bumper perimeter so no arms reaching out of your bot to grab things!

Good luck!
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