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View Poll Results: What type of Robot is better/ are you buiding?
Four foot (or less) and 120 lbs. max		67	77.91%
Five Foot and 110 lbs. max		17	19.77%
Six foot and 100 lbs. max		2	2.33%
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29-01-2007, 14:52

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Re: Robot Size and Shape: What's Best?

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I really don't see it being any more difficult to build an arm for the 4 foot robot to reach for the top than say a 5 footer, and the added defensive capabilities and presumably more robust design just did not seem like something to give up. Just my 2 cents

This sounds like a very familiar discussion....we have tenatively decided to let the robot decide what works best, 4 or 5 foot. Hopefully, testing will show us which way to go.

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