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Originally Posted by qwerty
But the only way to starve it from balls is to not score because the balls that go to the robot would come from the corral. That is obviously not a thing you would want to be doing. And because the lane is protected, you can not play defense in that area on the robot without being penalized.
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Right, I get that. But let's say this robot is parked right next to the bridge in the alley. That's almost 20 feet of open alley from where the balls are entered onto the field to their robot. Conceivably, a quick bot could slip in and out, stealing balls bouncing down the lane without being touched by other robots, before they get to Bot 2. I dunno, I'm just playing this out as a worst case scenario. My point is, there is no perfect solution to a FIRST game. If there was, everyone would do it! I'm betting that some team would find a creative way to "defend" somehow, and once that's known, every team would want to be sure to cover them if they're on opposing alliances. Again, this is all "theory robotics" with potential designs.