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Re: 3 robots designs I hope to see this season
If I had to choose 3 unique designs...
1. A catapult. We loved ours in 2009 and with some very minor modifications would have played this game better than the game it was designed for.  Sadly it has been dismembered for other projects. 
2. A robot that can elevate and use gravity to feed 3 balls in the 2 point goal in one dump. This accompanied with a super fast drive train and a quick ball pick up could be a very reliable partner. I always think a scissor lift is a terrible idea, and almost every year someone builds an effective one. Here's your chance. 
3. A robot that can move up onto to two wheels like a segway to make room on the bridge for two alliance partners. 
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15-01-2012, 23:14
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