Thread: Picking up from both sides
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Re: Picking up from both sides
The bumper rules say nothing about the number of openings, so it is very possibly to do this legally.

As for the strategic value, we considered it, but determined that the added complexity in having a second intake and somehow joining them was not worth the saved time of turning the robot 180º. However, this does mean that we are going to be careful and deliberate about which side we put our one intake on (behind or in front of - or even to the side of - our scoring mechanism).