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Originally Posted by Jared Russell
I think there will be events where the autonomous high score is 12.
I think there will be events where the median autonomous score is below 4.
I think there will be events where the mode autonomous score is 0.
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And if you have a robot that can sore 20 in autonomous every time - single-handedly - or *cough* 28, would it not be worth doing - while your two alliance partners start preparing to stack?
More than the last several years, when thinking about Autonomous this year, we have to think of ourselves not as a single robot but, rather, as a member of an alliance. Yes, the center recycling containers will be important - especially in tougher events/matches. However, only one or two robots needs to make a move for them. Yes, stacking the recycling bins that start on our side is important - but how many robots need to do that at once. Up to 32 autonomous points are possible - that's too many points to completely ignore - especially when you can compile them before sending a single tote out of the feeder station.
The key will be coordinating the efforts of the entire alliance... Robots able to do a couple of different things (even/especially? during autonomous) will have an advantage as they will find success with different mixes of alliance members.