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View Poll Results: Is your team going aftr the ramp this year?
Yes, we are going after the ramp 211 90.95%
No, we are not going after the ramp 10 4.31%
Ramp??? What ramp? 11 4.74%
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Re: Teams going after the ramp?

How about an out-of-the box idea? Cover the front rail of your robot with something soft and highly sticky -- like a layer of natural rubber. Drive up to the ramp and stop when your rubber bumper hits. A ram (which can be nearly 60 inches long under the rules) then extends out from the bottom near the other end, levering the robot up onto its face until the CG passes over the rubber pad and the robot tips up on the ramp. The soft rubber bumper keeps it from sliding back down.

OK, it's weird, but you could use it with a holonomic drive or with the Skyway 8-inch wheels. Somewhere, someone is building just this system into their robot.

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