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Re: Pool Noodles -- How Important?

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Originally Posted by Trey178 View Post
Have yet to see a team try this option: picking up a container and moving it toward the litter chute so the human player can put one litter directly into the container. There doesn't appear to be any rules against it (yet?). The downside to this is that drivers will have to accurately maneuver their robot to catch the noodle.
We tested doing this on the field in Manchester on Kickoff and it was incredibly easy to do. The can doesn't have to be very precisely lined up, there's a big window for the human player to be able to feed it in.
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