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Originally Posted by bobosalad
this is the type of thinking we need, it may not work exactly as easy as sounded but this is what makes robotics cool and innovative.
if any teams come up with good ideas and prototype it, leave links for pics or something
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I'll have my team put some images up here if they're interested in sharing.
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Originally Posted by spiffyspleen
Does anyone have any alternate ideas that are really compact?
Also, I'd just like to point out that (1) you only really need to extend a little over thirty inches during the finale, cutting time considerably if you can extend to about sixty inches beforehand.
And (2), anytime you touch the tower during the match you can extend to finale proportions. That way a slower lifter could get up ten or fifteen seconds before the twenty second finale and still score. If you're planning on lifting other robots as well, this would give much needed extra time, especially if the first robot could get to the top just as the finale period began.
Thanks for any ideas.
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(1) assumes you're maxing out your height, and won't be able to drive through the tunnel.
(2) I actually like the idea of a dedicated lifter playing defence and moving to the tower early. It would make for an interesting strategy, with the possibility of points that cannot be defended against, due to the penalties surrounding lifting/hanging.