
03-02-2014, 16:22
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Re: More Than 1 Ball In Autonomous?
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Originally Posted by TheMadCADer
The purpose of this is to simplify the routine. Picking up a single ball is easy and will be one of the multiple routines used, but the amount of driving and fine tuned positioning needed to do the same for three balls is more work than using the Human Player.
Think about it, as the receiver of the extra balls, you only need to program your robot to shoot, reload, shoot, reload, shoot, and drive if there's time. Hot Goal will be disregarded, you're bound to get one or two each match without trying, so why bother for the extra 2.5 points per shot?
As the robot passing to the Human Player, you just set up sideways somewhere pretty close to the right distance (accuracy doesn't matter) shoot, turn 90 degrees, and drive. Maybe back up again if you're feeling fancy.
You just need the right Alliance for it.
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I still think it is easier to plan to pick up two balls off the ground than plan/hope/pray you have two partners that can shoot accurately enough to get to your human players (who must be pretty tall, athletic and a good shooter), but not accurate enough that they want to try their own shot. It is a clever idea, but I'm not sure how often you will get the opportunity to use it. There are easier ways to get a 3 ball auto.
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