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Re: QOW and response to Justin's balancing comments
Posted by colleen - T190 at 03/12/2001 1:54 AM EST


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In Reply to: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!
Posted by Andy Grady on 03/11/2001 2:55 PM EST:



Moving from UTC to LongIsland.. I think FIRST may have heard the yells from the crowd and changed the bridge cause it seemed to have much more slop then the one in UTC.. and on a couple occasions, got lifted off the hinge.. all the banging with that slop I think started making the bridge a bit iffy as the days went on.. at one point.. the refs had to go in a try to fanagle the bridge to get it to stay flush on the ground (it was about an inch off the floor and didn't seem to wanna go down).. it caused some flukes and hazards at points..

However.. this is FIRST.. and as declared.. a game of "diabolical dynamics".. balanced means not supported by anyone else.. it doesn't say it has to be exactly x-inches off the horizontal.. if such is the case.. it would be a rarity that anyone would balance.. cause even that "one balanced position" is variable.. who's to judge that 1/8" off the ground is less balanced than 12" off the ground? Either it's gotta be exact.. and thus measured for such every match.. or ANY non-supported bridge counts

The latter is how it stands.. and as far as I think, is how it should stay.. it's part of the game... it's part of what makes it harder.. and it's part of what makes you have to build a versitile robot that can handle the situations arising...


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