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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
That steel tubing in the front looks outside the bumper zone. (I assume it's for picking up torrids from the floor)
How do you intend on keeping it safe from other robots?
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(I'm just going to start from the beginning on this). The "feelers" are deployed by a piston mounted between the light and the tower, on the near side. They fold up into the cut-out area for the beginning of the match, so they don't exceed the starting box. They're made of aluminum rod, 1/4" I believe, and since we really can't protect them from getting roughed up a little bit, we have two spare sets. Hopefully they'll last us a regional, but if need be I think we can bend them back.
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28-02-2007, 14:35
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