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Re: Over the bump or under the tower

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Originally Posted by quinxorin View Post
I would like the community's oppinion on whether a robot should go over the bump or under the tower. My team is almost completeley split between the two options.
build a bot that can do both, because when you want to go over the bump you will have to account for center of gravity, a 45 degree angle is quite a steep one, today we built a mock up robot out of 2x4s with 120lbs. on it and found that it is in fact very easy to tip over, so when you built a robot to go over you will have to keep the center of gravity low and might as well just make it short enough to go under as well.