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Re: Full Court Shooter!!! (Team 3528 UpNext)

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Originally Posted by TheCrayButton View Post
I would say it is really hard to design a robot that is tall and that is not easily knocked over. Yes, i can be done, but in the 6 weeks we have to build, it is very difficult.

I believe there will be teams that are tall and can shoot well, but they will not make it very far because they can be blocked before they even get in their shooting position. Remember, the robot has to drive almost the whole length of the field to get to its shooting position.
Right, but there still a few ways that could work out for them.

They could somehow be able to shoot full court with an incredibly light shooter.
They could have a collection system and just pick up the few missed shots from a robot like yours and put them in for that extra ~15 points.
Or, maybe they can't make it full court but they have a teammate they can feed to a la Bomb Squad on Einstein last year.

Which of those options, only the literal long shot allows for a self-sufficient robot which is very important for qualification matches. Thus, I think most teams will pass on being very tall.
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