pic: Team 870 Suction Cups

[sevisehda]

Suction cups are kinda sketchy in my view. First they are only meant to resist force trying to pull them away from a surface. Second they work best on smooth surfaces. They don't resist nearly the same amount of force laterally. The amount of grip there gonna provide on a gouged surface is nothing compared to a good high COF >2 material.

Saying that 130lbs at 10+ ft per second is alot of bot for anything to stop. Just think of all those walls people have dented with a rampaging bot. At this point I'd put my money on a bot that has an inclined surface such as 229 and swampthing.

Watch this vid to see what I mean about the incline of 229.
http://www.clarkson.edu/~usfirst/our...d/WingTest.avi