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Originally Posted by EdWard3637
One worry with the container set is that it's probably not worth it if there's a chance you can knock over the container by pushing it over the ramp or something.
Also we need to get word out to as many teams as possible whatever consensus is reached about the "standard" autonomous.
A collaborative STACKED TOTE SET is much more difficult than a collaborative CONTAINER SET. Some standard procedures should be created for different situations.
Robot A moves Tote A to the Landmark, Robot B moves Tote B to the landmark and places it on top of Tote A, Robot C moves Tote C to the landmark and places it on top of Tote C. Once a robot places their tote they move out of the way.
Or perhaps
Robot A holds Tote A over the landmark, Robot B moves Tote B to the landmark, Robot A puts Tote A down on Tote B and picks up the stack, Robot C moves Tote C under the stack and moves away, Robot A puts the stack on Tote C and moves away.
Depending on robot design, the best procedure changes, so we need a master protocol for which STACKED TOTE SET procedure should be used.
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A CONTAINER SET doesn't require the bins to be upright, just fully contained in the auto-zone. Even if you're behind the scoring platform, It' shouldn't be hard, even for a robot without any sort of pickup mechanism, to push the container forward a metre or two (admittedly, there is some worry about a tipped bin rolling out of the zone, but still, a bot without a pick-up mechanism could have a wedge shape on their robot, something to nest the bin and keep it from moving around too much.)
As for all of the bots interacting with the totes, I doubt all bots will have the capability to find the totes once they've been moved, unless
every FRC team programs Autons that place the crates in exactly the same place, not just
somewhere on the landmark. What would happen if the tote is slightly disoriented? Or one robot isn't out of the way when the other goes to make a stack? Trying for inter-robot interaction in Autonomous seems nearly impossible, or at least hellishly difficult, and definitely something very few teams are going to do. The best plan might be to have a few Autonomous programs that can be changed match to match (checkbox on the dashboard perhaps.) Something simple, like pushing a bin into the auto-zone, and possibly something more complex. Alliances can select who will be doing what before each match starts, and everyone could check the corresponding box when they set up. Would seem much simpler than trying to coordinate any sort of tote pass-off between robots.