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      • The Completed Look of the Build
      • Parts Needed
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      • Exploration
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      • 15-Minute Tower Build
      • Reinforcing or Bracing Structures
      • Iterative Design
      • Round 2: Improve Your Design
    • Apply
      • How Skyscrapers Are Made
      • San Francisco and Seismic Isolators
      • Designing Stable Robots for Competitions
    • Rethink
      • Prepare for the Tower Strength Challenge
      • Set up the Earthquake Platform
      • Tower Strength Challenge
      • Improve and Tinker with Your Build
    • Know
      • Review
    • Appendix
      • Brain LED Status
      • Brain Overview
      • Disconnecting a Smart Device
      • Identifying Angle Beams
      • Installing a Robot Battery
      • Installing Rubber Shaft Collars
      • Navigating the Device Information Menu
      • Removing a Robot Battery
      • Robot Battery Charging and Usage
      • Removing Connectors from Beams and Plates
      • Removing Pins from VEX IQ Beams and Plates
      • Removing Standoffs from Mini Standoff Connectors
      • Supporting Shafts using Rubber Shaft Collars
      • Supporting Shafts using Shaft Bushings
C
  • Conventional :
    Based on acceptable standards or what is generally done.
E
  • Earthquake:
    A violent shaking of the ground caused by volcanos or movements in the earth’s crust.
G
  • Gravity :
    The force that attracts a mass towards another mass.
S
  • Stability (to be stable):
    To be unlikely to move or change.
W
  • Weight:
    The heaviness of an object.
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