The ultimate game breaker bot.

[Rick Wagner]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

In fact, the maximum distance your robot COULD extend (assuming it grabs both side poles on the exact edge of the robot, without even considering bumpers) is 84 inches. 7 feet out. Looking at how the balls roll out of the chute, the opponent's ball lands at about a quarter way into the zone, 4 more feet away from where you need to be. In fact, your robot may be in such a position where it stops the ball from bouncing into your own zone.

It seems to me that balls rolling off the chute will be going fast enough to completely miss a robot hanging from either tower. I think the GDC intended allowing the pre-FINALE tower-touch-and-hang in order to enable slow-hoisting robots to have enough time to get up past the platform.