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Re: Examples of when it is not advantageous to be lightweight

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Originally Posted by VioletElizabeth View Post
I would second the bridge balancing from 2012, as I remember adding weight that year for that exact purpose. We were maybe 20 pounds under, so balancing with robots at the weight limit was hard before weights... (Exact numbers fuzzy, I was a freshman. I seem to remember 102.)
It was certainly helpful in 2012 to have roughly equally weighted robots when balancing. Additionally in 2012, some minimum weight was required to lower the bridge. I recall a few robots that year who, when trying to push down the bridge, ended up lifting up their front wheels instead. This effect could have been avoided either by making their robot heavier all around or by shifting weight toward the side of the robot that contained their bridge lowering mechanism.
 


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