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sircedric4 said :
I think the frame perimeter penalty is not meant to apply to tower climbing robots as that seems against the spirit of the competition, but clarification as early as possible will dictate whether we try and climb the tower or not. If our robot is just hanging there for any stray ball to penalize us, we’ll stay on the ground.
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I didn't even consider this but as stated it is plausible. Hopefully a clarification will come out.

The item we are trying to come to grips with is, can we score 8 points in 20-30 seconds? especially if the goal is undefended? More importantly, can we score 9 points? beating any advantage hanging could possible give us?

We decided figuring out the ball shooter first, then the drive train before we try to determine the answer to the above. Its all speculation until we have a machine that can actually score.

Also for anyone who isn't planning on building a hump, do it. This thing is not as easy as you think to cross.