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Originally Posted by tr6scott
As we get to the later regionals, and your 2nd regionals, I believe that most teams will have straight auto working, and a "Y" will be a huge advantage.
Week 1 we were 17/18 on the straight, we had a working "Y" but never had the need to actually use it. In the finals we were paired with the Bee's and they needed us to do the straight, as they were putting up two.
I imagine that we will not be paired with another 2 uber team... so the working Y will be a good asset.
After seeing the Bees, our lead mentor said we have to program a 3 uber tube auto, but not change the code at ALL.  |
3 uber tube would be very hard to accomplish using a line tracker. Also 33 relies on encoders, which limits how fast they can accomplish it. I think to accomplish a 3 tube autonomous reliably you would have to incorporate a different strategy. The way I forsaw it was 2 cameras... one front and back.
front looks for pegs, back looks for tubes. With 2 cameras and a rangefinder it is definitely possible... But you would need a sub 3 second cap... which is insanely fast. (separate threads for each mechanism... good 2 speed trans... and a crazy good claw.)
I would focus on the straight line.... get that to 100%. If you get that to 100% on thursday then start thinking about the Y.