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Unread 11-01-2012, 22:06
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Re: Inbounding or Hoarding Balls

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur View Post
While I agree that only 1 robot need do the balancing, It is a coordinated effort to know WHICH robot needs to do it, and where the other 2 position themselves to make it easier.

Also, the teams are going to have to trust one another, because if it's done wrong a robot can fall from 2' (and probably not land on its wheels)
3 robot balancing is an after lunch on Saturday activity. The practice fields are going to be very popular. If I were running an event, I would randomly assign time slots to the alliances.

As to which robot, I could be wrong but it seems to me that it has to be the middle robot doing the movement to balance. If for no other reason than I would not want to be the robot hanging off the edge that is backing up.

But... ...there are many ways to skin a cat.

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