Thread: pic: Scars from 234 on 1501
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Re: pic: Scars from 234 on 1501
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Originally Posted by Lowfategg View Post
I am starting to be very glad we added a bar in NYC to protect the front of our intake roller with hits like that happening.
In the last five years I've seen lots of those bars bent into modern art shapes. Bring lots of spares! After having seen 488 hit any number of objects at full speed in auto, I don't think any reasonably-sized bar could protect you from that kind of force. 488, for the record, appears unscathed from their 15 or 20 full-speed collisions at Seattle. That is one seriously tough robot.
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