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My 2 cents:
As for not being able to disengage a goal, I've seen 6 teams not able to do so. Some on purpose, some unfourtantly not.
As for the forklift idea- it's a great idea! During the design phase my team actually had though of this, and to use our tethered mini me (that stays in our home zone) be a mini dolli that holds up the robot. I'm sharing this now because we didn't use the design for forklifts (we aimed for goal grabbing instead) and thought it was a neat idea to share. I haven't seen any forklifting mechanisms yet and I am anxious to see a good one.
Is it illegal? Nope. Just keep them down while running, and you won't damage anyone and get disqualified.
As for the attacking people based on typos and, in fact, many of the arguments I've witnessed here on the boards- that's childish. That is not gracious professionalism. If you are angry at a certain team's robot simply because of it's design or effectiveness (or lack thereof) or of an individual because he supports a certain view (as long as the view is not ignorant [basically without fact like one person in the rumor mill saying other teams cheated] or a blatant LIE which I've also unfourtantly seen) then suck it up. You won't get through life arguing with every individual you'll meet. You are not always right and you will not always win an argument. One last statement on arugements- learn to fight them better. Not all of you, just a select few that pick out stupid points or don't do their homework and make up facts out of the blue. It's a useful skill to argue intelligently
As for FIRST gracious professionalism, I think that includes open mindedness to new designs and robot concepts. The forklift is one of them.
My 2 cents, as I stated. Sorry if it's late or if I got off topic. And since the nationals are coming up, good luck to every team. I can't wait to see those forklifts!
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