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Re: Battle of the Middle Bridge

Actually getting the 2 balls from the opponent's bridge every time still nets a 3-point gain if they're both put into the high goal in autonomous. Of course, if 1 ball misses...

We're using flexible passive actuation to pull the bridges down and active actuation to bring the device back into the bot. That way if we lose the battle of the bridge, we don't break anything on the bot. I'll have a reveal collage later this week.

If an alliance doesn't have an autonomous planned for the middle bridge, then that's a mistake -- even if the balls aren't shot off in autonomous, they're still very valuable if they're in possession within the first few seconds of teleop before defense can be a factor.
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