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Re: Defense robots for 2010 game..

So to finally get around to responding to the replies to my post...

I had a specific reason for being concerned about pushing bots up the BUMP. I think you'd have two things to worry about:
1. A non bump bot is not going to have the ground clearance to make it over or up the bump. You're risking damaging the field and bot by shoving transmissions and whatnot over the corner of the bump.
2. The BUMP is rather closer to being a wall than a floor. I haven't gotten to try it yet, but I'm worried about pushing someone sideways into the bump. If their wheels stick at the corner, the pushing bot could end up putting a significant side load on wheels that might not be designed for it.

So yeah. Hurrah for shoving people around in new and interesting fashions, but be careful doing so.
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