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Unread 16-01-2010, 20:31
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Re: ELEVATED but not hanging?

If our robot seizes a willing alliance robot tightly and THEN elevates by whatever method it can, it is my supposition that our alliance will get 5 points for the effort. This avoids the necessity for collaboration on attachment strategy with random other teams (as will happen in Q-round). In designing our seizing mechanism we need only consider the commonality of other robots' designs. Something like the little bars to wheel hoists on the modern-day tow trucks. Those guys don't ever know what kind of bumper or fenders or frame is going to be on a car they're called to tow, but they do know that it has wheels on the ground that are no larger than x inches and not likely to be further apart than y inches. Hence the forking interface to their ultimate hydraulic lift. Anything else besides wheels on this year's robots that is so predictable?