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I see a few things missing from this thread:
1) The neutral zone (i know this was mentioned but not enough). Who cares about the ramp if you can go under the bar? Expecially stackers that go under the bar. Make your stack (probably 6 high will end up being a good stack). Try and defend that stack. If you lose it and dont have enough time to build another one, start getting nasty. Go under the bar and push opponent bins into the neut zone. Knock their stacks down.
My problem is with the destructive attitude of king of the hill bots. A game with no stacks is a low scoreing match. This is the first time something like this has been in a FIRST game since i've been involved. Last year there was no easy way to destroy a high scoreing game nearly as fast as there is this year.
2) The wall doesnt go only one way. We are talking about robots acting autonomous. They have problems correcting for mistakes (if any ability to at all) are clumsy, and generally not effective. I don't see a robot going up the ramp and preventing all robots from getting by with bins. I suspect the bins to go pretty much 50/50 every match.
3) A tank bot is not neccissarily more powerful then a stacking robot. You catorize stackers as weak... almost all FIRST robots are friction limited. Stackers can gain a 10 - 20 lb weight advnatage easy; possibly upwards of 40lbs. Assuming your talking about robots with tracks, they do worry me (wheeled robots can't gain a sufficient advantage over other wheeled robots).
I know this doesn't describe all tracked robots, but in general they tend to be slower and less manuverable then wheeled ones. They have an advantage only on the carpet, no advantage on the HDPE.
4) I dont see how you can expect to hold the HDPE. You have less traction then robots coming up the mesh AND your being acted on at an unfavorable angle. Think about it.
Just my thoughts
Greg
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