I'll have to go back and read the rule again about if we damage the guide
walls unintentionally. They are just a fragile design.  But if the walls are
not solid it may change the behavior of the robots and the time it takes for
the judges to piece them together may be a factor.

 


 
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Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Guide wall problems

Will it matter if the guide walls are down? I assume it's affecting your
strategy? Doesn't seem like anyone will be penalized if the walls go down?
Just trying to figure out the concern.... Laura On Sep 24, 2009, at 9:53 PM,
Eric Palmer wrote:

> Problems with the yellow guide walls persist. After repeated runs with 
> our robot the walls are not holding up and are hard to get firmly back 
> together.
>
> The problems is that the Velcro like material lifts the sections it is 
> adhered to and the other sections are now not at the same level.  We 
> can fix this at the home table (use more of the Velcro like stuff, or 
> glue the pieces).  But I'm concerned that at tournament the walls are 
> going to get destroyed and be hard to put together well and in a 
> timely way.
>
> Are you having problems with the guide walls as well?  Do you have 
> solutions?
>
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