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Originally Posted by ToddF
When two robots approach a ramp, the first one drives up on, and drives forward to tip the ramp to the second robot, then cuts power to the wheels so it can be pushed. The second robot pushes the first robot up the ramp until it becomes balanced. This bit of "ramp etiquette" establishes which robot controls the balancing, so the two robots on the ramp don't end up fighting each other.
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This ramp etiquette will be key. Trying to communicate across the field about who is balancing will be difficult. Knowing that robot 1 won't interfere with robot 2 during balancing process, will be key to a successful balance
The better balancer should always be robot 2. Arranging this before the match will be critical. The timing that when robot 1 should get on the ramp, what happens when a robot breaks down and what hand signals/lights/flags mean what are the kind of things that need to be arranged before hand. I am just thinking that there needs to be a signal that indicates that one of the participating robot is unable to perform or aborting the cooperation balance.