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Re: Goal Tending Robot

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Originally Posted by Slothbron View Post
So the distance you have to stay stay away is not that great.
If our robot is 24" long (plus 3" of bumpers) and I'm parked so that the front of my robot is touching the leg of the pyramid, then you'd better stay at least 12-18" away (if not more) if you don't want to get a penalty...

As for what 12-18" away (plus your own 3" bumpers) does for goal-tending strategies, I'll leave that trigonometry up to all you students out there.
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