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Unread 17-01-2010, 13:21
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Re: The ultimate game breaker bot.

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Originally Posted by Nigel View Post
Well, assuming this bot gets past both the 3 inch intrusion rule (doubtful), and the active mechanism rule (maybe), and the carrying/possessing rule (doubtful as well), what about the fact that this bot, when power is shut off, will not be able to be detached from all I have heard about it so far... seemingly the design relies on high power clamps or grabbers or something to keep it attached to the tower, yet these won't be easily detached when finale mode ends and the bot has to be detached...
Are you suggesting that no one will be able to hang because they can't design a system to get them off at the end of the match? I think you'll be surprised when you get to your regional!

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Originally Posted by Nigel View Post
Though creative, I doubt the legality or effectiveness of this design... plus there's the whole gracious professionalism thing which easily can throw a wrench into those plans
What makes this un-GP? Knowing her grandson won a robot competition using an innovative, competitive design would make my grandmother proud.

I think the discussion up to this point has made it clear that it's very possible to build a robot that redirects balls coming off the return that meets the redefined criteria <R19> in Team Update #2. Am I missing something?
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