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Re: Aerial Assist--Perspective from a low-resource team

First of all- color me impressed that you're done at such an early rate. Using the kitbot and being smart about your mechanisms like your team seems to be doing is a great way to finish early and get in driver practice.

I would recommend you try to find some practice space and really test what you can do. How fast can you complete a cycle on your own?
Build two more kitbots to practice doing assists with if you have the resources.
See the exact range of your mechanisms, see what they can do that might be unexpected.

Last year we built our robot to shoot 3's from in front of the pyramid, we discovered through some practicing and trying different things that when our shooter was in the "up" retracted position, we could shoot into the pyramid goal, which gave us another option when cycling under heavy defense.

Really knowing your robot's capabilities inside and out can give you a HUGE lead on the competition at your first regional, and even throughout the season.

Maybe improve your mechanisms further. Fine-tune the shooter to get a larger sweetspot, improve your catching abilities, etc.

I hope you guys have an awesome season, because you seem to be off to a great start.
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