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Originally Posted by iCurtis
And, because it's relevant to this thread, does anyone know Speed Racer's weight? IIRC, Fezzik was 80-something lbs, so if you shipped the bumpers, and you're control board was just the joysticks on a piece of paper, you could probably get a robot and controls in in under 40 lbs.
($5 says that if/when submitted to the Q&A this approach will be deemed against the rules.)  |
I believe that it was under 40 lbs when I saw it at the regional.
I agree with icurtis that it will be deemed not legal. Holding back a robot would technically be a second robot which by the GDC's response in eric's post is against the intent of FIRST. I would suggest an identical practice robot.