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Re: How much Bridge Space does your robot need?

How do you decide whether or not to even try for 3? Unlike the coopertition bridge, there are no consolation points for trying. Its all or nothing.

You won't get any practice during qualifications. Perhaps your alliance can spend some quality time on the practice field with tethered bots while everybody else is eating lunch - You and the other 7 alliances that won't have any experience doing this either.

How much time would you need to balance 3? 30 seconds? If you have a lead at the 30 second mark, why bother? You can balance two and leave your best shooter on the field with lots of balls and nobody defending it - they should be able to put up at least 9 points in that time. Now, if you could do it in 10 seconds with high confidence, that would be a different matter.

I don't expect to see a lot of success with the 3-bot balance. I hope I'm wrong. It could be a game changer and will certainly be a crowd pleaser. We look forward to trying it with the right partners.

By the way, we need 34" if we're in the middle, about 22" if we're on the end.
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