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Re: Why didn't we think of that?

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
Can you explain how this works? Were you looking through the driver station feed or at the backboard itself? (the latter seems difficult to me with the nature of the retro-reflective tape)
You can get a good view of how the light alignment works by checking this picture out -------> http://gallery.raiderrobotix.org/201...mpDSP/IMG_3477

You can see the light projecting a bright beam onto the lowest backboard. We know that if we are lined up with the lowest basket, since the top basket is in line with the lowest basket, we are in line with the top basket.
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