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Re: What we learned from week 1

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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier View Post
I do not understand this comment, please explain more.
What I observed in both our practice, and watching a few webcasts:
-Disks are often scattered
-Many robots don't have mechanisms that just suck in the frisbees at the speed of light and index them perfectly without a little help from the driver.

The multiple changes of direction required and subsequent acceleration from near stop to pick up Frisbees from the floor in multiple locations can often lead to a slower time compared to the straight and practiced path that going to the feeder station entails.
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