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FTC 3507 Robo Theosis -- FRC 3135
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Re: Wheelless Robot?

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Originally Posted by kingbrandon14 View Post
At the beginning of the match are you allowed to start with 2 or 3 of the colored alliance frisbees?
If so, then you should make a robot that climbs and dumps 2 or 3 of the disks into the 5-point goal at the top of the pyramid in autonomous. If you could do that, you could score 50 or 60 points consistently! I've never thought of that idea before, but that would be very impressive!
Even if it was legal to pre-load colored disks, why would wasting the 12-18 point potential of autonomous scoring in the 3-pt goal, with a consistent, pre-aligned shooter, be sacrificed for lesser 10-15 points value of a pyramid climb & dump score later in the game?


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