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Re: 2015 Finger Lakes Regional

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Originally Posted by Sean Raia View Post
340's auto routine is interesting. It appears as if they sort of jerk the cans at first so as to keep hold of it if contested, then they drive away with it. Could be doing that for some other reason, but it looked that way to me.
My team's RC puller does essentially the same jerking motion in autonomous, and it is to ensure the pullers make their way into the top of the RC. Sometimes ours miss by a few inches, but with the drivetrain motion before they pull our reliability has increased.