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Contrary to popular opinion..."wedge" robots are out
<R04> Bans robots with wedged surfaces. Any surface less than 8.5" above the ground that may contact other robots must be within 10 degrees of vertical.
Last season, there was a CD thread/poll suggesting that FIRST address wedged or "ramp" bots. It seems that many teams were frustrated by robots (Team 980's included) that had a wedge design that discouraged pushing or ramming. There were 73 replies to the question: 'Should FIRST address "ramp bots"?' The poll question was "Should FIRST make a rule to limit the angle of the sides of our robots?" So this year, FIRST imposed a rule limiting the angle.
BTW, Here's the thread/poll from last season:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=37652
Does this qualify as a disconnect  ??
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