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Unread 08-01-2015, 23:44
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Re: 3 tote auto probability poll

The 3 tote stack in autonomous will happen, but it won't be common. It's not just a difficult technical problem of how to accomplish it, there's also the opportunity cost of the tote and container sets that could have been scored. It seems like most 3 tote autos are going to be herculean efforts by one robot while the others "stay out of the way", and will preclude the much simpler autonomous of everyone drive forward with a tote and/or container. If the 3 tote stack fails you don't get 20 points for it, but you also miss out on 6 points for a tote set if the totes fail to make it to the auto zone, and you likely miss out on an 8 point container set because the robot didn't drag the container with it.

In short, if I have a fairly high confidence level that my alliance can drive straight and push some containers, I'm not sure I want to risk losing 6/8/14 points on a higher risk maneuver.
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