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Re: R19

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Originally Posted by dmoody92 View Post
Well, I believe you can get a little more than 3 because it says FRAME PERIMETER. Also, you can extend your robot's grasping mechanism to the limits of your bumper boundary.
If it's an active one, you just violated <G45>. If it's there for more than 2 seconds, you just violated <G30>. And if the ball goes more than 3 inches inside the frame, <G46> violation.

Just some design considerations that you'll want to take into account when designing said grasping mechanism.
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