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Unread 10-01-2010, 00:52
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Re: MERGED: Universal Hanging System/Standardized Partner Suspension

While nice to try to set up a standard, to have wide sweeping success I think the only standard that is likely to work is one based upon a replica of the actual tower bar teams can hang from. Why?

The majority of teams at competition will not have seen any threads on this on Chiefdelphi and will be unaware of any standards you create.

Many teams don't even use CD and those that do still may never notice a thread like this. So, the best way to ensure that their robot could hang from yours, is to design your robot with a system that lets them replicate the motions of hanging from the tower. Then they can hang from you with zero modification of their robot and no prior knowledge of what your design was.

Something to keep in mind here.
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