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Re: Contrary to popular opinion..."wedge" robots are out
The motivation for Team 980's wedge last year was strictly to avoid being pushed around or rammed. We considered this to be a "defensive" feature on our robot.
In this thread, it seems some of the posts consider aggressive pushing or attacking other robots as defensive play. We did not use our wedge to gain advantage when pushing another robot. Our wedge was a "passive" form of protection to discourage other robots from pushing us when we had a tetra hanging from our extended arm - a vulnerable, top-heavy configuration for us.
In the Championships, we got DQ'd twice during the quarterfinals (but still won!), because we tipped opposing robots. In both cases, we made contact high on the other robots, causing them to fall. We didn't tip them with our wedge.
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