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Re: Week 5 OPR

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
The sixth highest OPR in the country is a team that cannot floor load at all.

If that's not a testament to great driving and simplicity, nothing is.
Why does no floor loading = simplicity? In fact, having a mechanism that can line up to the exact height of the slot and that can successfully grip a tube without having the human player extend past the slot sounds just as difficult as a consistent floor loader. It's an apples/oranges situation.

Plus, the fact that 9/10 of the top OPR robots floor load probably suggests what overall is the most successful strategy.
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