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Re: Attempting the Bonus Round

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Originally Posted by antoineft View Post
Anyone get up close and personal with an official field and get to feel the rigidity of the tower?
The tower at the FIRST kickoff had metal (presumably even steel) plates underneath the carpet, plenty of people hung off it themselves, it shook the rails a little bit, but its not going anywhere. My guess is with the "hang off another robot" rules, they intended it to happen.
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