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Re: Week 1 lessons learned: balancing strategy

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Originally Posted by GCentola View Post
On the cooportition bridge, it doesn't appear that there is any logical plan for approaching it. Are alliances discussing it pre-match? It would seem as if some sort of pre-planned process would help balance (as you said, two robots trying to adjust for each other just makes it wobble back and forth)
At Kettering there seems to be a fairly consistent planned attempt for the cooperation bridge. (Whether is works is a different story however...)

And yes, the second robot pushing the first robot on the bridge works better than each team trying to balance individually. Warning: Less is more. Small baby steps will get you further than plowing straight through.
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