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Originally Posted by 3v3rnoob
I don't think that my last comment was totally understood. Imagine trying to move a bookcase down some stairs with two other people. One person is lowest down the stairs, the other person is highest, and the person in the middle is trying to keep the whole thing from tipping. Now imagine trying to do this with one of those people with their mouth and ears taped shut. That's what balancing the robots is going to be like.
It doesn't matter how much you talk about it before the match, there is going to be a lot of minor adjustments made after you get the robots on the ramp, much like moving a heavy object, and not being able to communicate easily with all parties involved is going to make that difficult.
Of course you should talk with your alliance partners before the match about how each robot will be oriented on the ramp should you go for the three robot balance. The problem is going to be the actually doing the balancing.
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I have to respectfully disagree with this.
If we think back 5 years to the ramps... one robot was getting set up for the lift before the other robots... at the very end the other two robots would rush to climb the ramps...
This year a single robot could be preparing the ramp... perhaps holding it up on one end while on the ramp... the other robots would only need to climb onto the ramp and then the prep robot would let go and do any balancing necessary ...(in fact, given the inherent stability of this particular ramp...(videos show that a 28 lb load 22 inches from the fulcrum still balances the bridge...) I think that the balancing portion will be fairly easy...
I think a balance in this situation is definitely doable in 5-10 seconds (after a robot has prepped the bridge...
So the scenario would be: one robot travels to the bridge (alliance side) while its partners are taking their last shots on the scoring side. The prep robot climbs on... lifts the bridge underneath it (somehow)...and the bridge is tipped to the scoring side... 10 seconds to go... the other robots run to the ramp...climb on... the prep robot takes out the support... and
BAZINGA!!!! 40 points...
also remember that the rules committee is ALREADY thinking about adding points at CMP...and the points are PER ROBOT...so with a 5 point boost at CMP PER ROBOT.... that would mean a 55 point balance score for 3 ...
with the max swing of points... it would mean 15 PER ROBOT.... or 85 points for a 3 robot balance...
think about it...
The "prep" robot can be practicing the entire time... even during the qualifying rounds by using this method to get cooperation points..or regular ramp points.... the other alliance robots only have to drive up the ramp so ANY robot on the field should be able to do that...
REMEMBER
We were told that to win this competition we would have to cooperate...
Is this the GDC's way of rewarding cooperation during eliminations? I think so.. and the higher the competition... the more value for the cooperation...
CMP would showcase coopertition and cooperation within an alliance during elimination...
hmmmmmm