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Re: 2007 New Hampshire Regional (BAE SYSTEMS Granite State Regional)

At the WWS, we were able to (barely) climb a ramp with our bumpered robot. The extra 6-7" of width makes it very difficult to fit on most ramps. Also, the fact that the bumpers are soft makes it hard for them to slide off of any vertical sides of the ramp, or similar. I hope that we don't have to remove our bumpers, but it if makes the difference between 30 points or not, we'll be taking them off.

Designing a ramp-bot to handle all types of robots and drive trains is a difficult task. Not surprisingly, it's about as difficult as an arm/elevator/grabber to score the ringers. You'll see both excellent and poor designs of both types of robots. The teams that compromised the design of their robot to accommodate both systems may find it difficult to be successful with either aspect of their robot. Single purpose robots may prove to be the winning design this year, which has been the case for a lot of years now...

Best of luck to all this weekend!

BEN
 


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