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should switch to material other than wood esp. if we're gonna be dropping it 

• flipped hinge that attaches the ramp to table to simutlate the ramp folding into the robot
• there are two main ideas for how to deploy ramp:
  1. have piston push ramp out  and let gravity do the work and have two pistons on either side that prevent it from falling out during comp.
  2. have a piston push out and have ramp fall certain distance then be caught by motor part of the way down and lower it

Problems with deployment method:

1. damage to competetition floor--is cushioning enough? where should the piston push? 

2. time and speed of motors? 

General problems:

What is the angle of the ramp in the robot? 

• Design/test both mechanisms
  • find/get parts if needed 
• start thinking about materials for ramp in general
  • pistons, motors, gearboxes, etc.
• drop impact
  • will we have cushioning? or will motor help with that?

From previous notes:

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