Thread: Stretcher use?
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not that easy
Posted by Ken Leung at 03/06/2001 3:14 AM EST


Student on team #192, Gunn Robotics Team, from Henry M. Gunn Senior High School.


In Reply to: Re: Stretcher use?
Posted by Chris Orimoto on 03/06/2001 2:19 AM EST:



Pulling a stretcher into the endzone is a totally different story that just a stretcher sitting there...

There are already problems for robots to even get pass the bridge themselves, much less pulling a goal or stretcher. So, that's already a lot of teams who can't do it.

Then, even when the robot have enough power/traction to pull the stretcher over the bridge, it will have to get to the bridge directly to make sure all 4 casters of the stretcher is on the bridge. Looking at the big size of it, that doesn't seems really easy.

And finally, because of its big size, the stretcher is going to get in the way of other robots easily, and likely to take a long time to get to the endzone. Meanwhile, the area around the bridge needs to be clear for the two robot to get on and through...

So, as other people are saying, it's just not worth the time, effort, and planning to do it for your own advantage.

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