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From: mww@eng.cam.ac.uk (Mark Wright)
Subject: Re: Robot Sumo Contest Announcement
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Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 16:58:11 GMT
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Seems to me that friction is one of the key issues,
would it be legal to use a plate of vacuum suction cups
to lay down and push against or must the contact be purely
frictional?

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