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Originally Posted by faust1706
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It was 10 seconds, but who's counting?
More seriously, there are a number of ways a team could approach it, but all of them are probably much harder than the analogies from previous years due to the difficult nature of stacking.
- Teams could drive a specialized path to pick up all three totes without getting knocked around by the cans, with some going forwards and backwards and forwards again. This would be compareable to a 3 tube autonomous from 2011 done by a single robot, or single team doing a 9 disc auto in 2013 (which I think only happened in labs). This requires one team to do a ton of programming work, and often comes down to luck in terms of effectiveness.
- A second team could move two of the containers into the auto zone allowing for a clear line to pick up all three totes. This could be comparable to the 2012 feeding autos or our auto from 2014, where partners were set up in a special way to work with the team that did the scoring. This could require some programming assistance to the assistant bot, but could be feasible during elimination rounds
- One team would take two totes, and second coordinates to stack the third one in a common location. This would be similar to what strong 2011 alliances did. This would require two teams to do a solid amount of work beforehand, and luck that both teams have systems so that they can place their bins in the same location
This list is definitely not exhaustive, but these are some strategies that I thought of using previous years as inspirations. These strategies, like any strategy, should be considered using cost-benefit analysis.