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Re: Who would like to see longer matches?

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Originally Posted by PAR_WIG1350 View Post
The issue with that is the boot time for the bridge would put the robot out of operation for about a minute.
Yeah, I was worried about this too. It would be an interesting challenge to try to make your robot efficient enough that it could run for a 4 min match in order to avoid the battery swap.

Also for teams willing to take the battery swap, it would given them essentially the equivalent of a power play, because they would tear it up for a minute or two, before going in for a battery swap. When the 3rd teammate could take over...
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