04-21-2010, 09:56 AM
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Re: 2010 Lesson Learned: The Negative
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Originally Posted by JamesBrown
I don't know how you can blame a robot getting stuck in the goal on the GDC. The field drawings showed all of the dimensions of the goals. If a team doesn't want to risk getting stuck then they need to plan around it.
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While I don't think that the goal design is GDC oversight, virtually any drivetrain can get stuck in the goal in the manner 2041 did. Only swerves can easily get out.
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