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Re: pic: Here is our final primary design.

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Originally Posted by asid61 View Post
I'm certain that the game will come down to the cans at the high level, maybe even at elims at regionals. If you "waste" cans by using them on 4-5 tote stacks, you are dependent on either the clock running out too fast for everybody or on the inefficiency of other teams to get cans. If you have good can grabbers, then it makes sense to make shorter stacks as time becomes the limiting factor.
JMO though. The real test will be when competitions actually begin.
Agree to a point. At mid level regionals, we are pretty confident that stacking 4 stacks of 4 totes will get you into eliminations. We are just as confident that strategy will most likely not win in eliminations at those same mid level regionals unless the an alliance partner can do one of the following things:
  1. build stacks of 2 totes and containers for us to pick up
  2. can top our stacks of 4 with containers or totes and containers
  3. can build their own stacks of 4 faster, in which case we build stacks of 2 and containers for them to pick up

Our robot is not made to win a regional on its own. we may try that in future years.
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