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Re: Pinning Long Robots

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
Why not just drive backwards? The inertia of the defending bot will take it with you and turn it to its left, freeing you to do as you please.
Also this depends on your proximity to the wall. If the wall is directly to the left in this drawing, you're in a bit of hurt.
You got it, drive backwards and try to swing your robot around.

Here are the Kettering videos IKE was talking about: http://www.adambots.com/wiki/FIRST_2009_Videos

Watch our robot (The yellow power dumper). As the driver I used this little maneuver to get out of a lot of defense.
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