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Originally Posted by CaptainJack
This rule says nothing about normal force, gravity, or anything like that. The only time normal force was mentioned (at least so far and to my knowledge) was on Bill's blog. He discouraged teams from making devices specifically designed for increasing normal force. I'm sure the GDC is reasonable enough to realise that increasing normal force may be a byproduct of certain robot actions and thus would not outlaw them.
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I think the concern of the OP probably resulted from reading the answers to these two questions:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11025
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Originally Posted by GDC
No. Any vacuum/suction/fan system that alters the traction characteristics of the ROBOT would be considered a violation of Rule <R06>.
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http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=11225
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Originally Posted by GDC
<R06> would preclude mass manipulation as a traction aid.
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