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Originally Posted by techalex
The triggers are designed with multiple sensors, and the FMS only looks for 1 of those to be triggered for any amount of time. Thus making the minimal amount of force still trip the tower. The towers have been tested and proved to be much more accurate since week 1, so I think this should be a non-issue now at week 3.
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Someone in another thread on Chief commented that the towers are now looking for a triggered sensor for a certain amount of time to be sure it wasn't just a jostle from a robot.
Whatever the circuitry I am 100% confident that there were multiple (greater than 10) instances at San Diego where minibots compressed the platform upwards into the sensors without the tower actually triggering.
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03-15-2011, 08:54 PM
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