Reporting live from the ESPN X-Trials in Bristol CT

[mike o'leary]

Originally posted by Carolyn Duncan
Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I'm thinkin' big air, droppin' back in, catchin' the coping, faceplant..... Could be just me but I don't think any robot could survive that. I realize robots used to "fight" against each other but those were two machines similarly constructed and of similar materials. There's a difference between that and a cement half-pipe or on a street course. Just my 2 cents, but you can't buy much with that anymore.
C~ya,
Carolyn

hmmm not much difference between that and

We once drove the robot down some stairs, it did a flip and drop on the corner... it worked perfectly right after the drop!

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conclusion: im sure a machine could handle it, especially if it was custom built to the task