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Re: Video of 1114

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Originally Posted by philso View Post
Everything is fast and fluid. After they score a stack, the claw that hold the RC drops back down in about a second. I have to wonder if there is a lot of automation going on with the mechanisms that builds the stacks. It would be virtually impossible for a driver to know when to "press the button" since they are usually facing away from the drivers. The only robot that comes close in stacking speed (single robot) is Red Crusade (4613, a rookie!) and they use a lot of automation to get their stacking speed.
Actually, I'd suspect the RC claw height is passive. But yes, there seems to be a lot that's automatic, either in software or in physics.
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