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Re: Robots picking tubes up?

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Originally Posted by KrazyCarl92 View Post
If my alliance can pick tubes up off the floor and my opponents can't, I'm throwing every single tube i've got onto the floor knowing that the opponents can't get them and score them but we can and it will cut down on the time to retrieve tubes.
We came to a similar conclusion. If every robot is unable to pick tubes off the floor, tubes will be thrown less because there is a good chance your tube will be intercepted and help your opponent. However, an alliance without the ability to pick up off the floor is an invitation to throw tubes out.

From a different view, if you cant pick up tubes, then a dropped tube in front of the feeding station will make it impossible for you to get tubes from there.

I highly suggest that you build a robot that can pick up off the floor if it is within your abilities.