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Originally Posted by pilum40
Any pearls o' wisdom would be appreciated.
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My quick thoughts:
1. You don't need to drive over the churros to score in the goals or to climb in the end game. You just need to drive on the mountain with your drive train above the white tape at the bottom two inches. There are lots of ways of doing the rest of the scoring from this position.
2. Virtually all of the tread-based drive trains that I've seen are all VERY low and even then they nearly all tip back over when they are in the high zone. I see a lot of videos with folks driving up in the high zone while somebody has their hands there to catch the robot. I don't see a lot of videos with these robots sitting entirely in the high zone or driving back down without tipping over. If they add other mechanisms on their robots above their drive trains, it may be VERY difficult for them to keep their balance if they dare to go into the high zone. I suspect most will stick to the mid-zone at most. The mid zone is worth 10 points more than the low zone in autonomous and the end game, which isn't much compared to putting a few pieces of debris into the goals.
3. It isn't legal to purposely deposit debris on your opponent's side of the mountain. However, I suspect that debris may end up there accidentally when teams are trying to score and miss the goals. The debris will then be stuck on the mountain by the churros. If your goal is to drive over any of the churros, make sure your drive train works when there are blocks or balls resting on the mountain by the churros, or you may find yourself unable to get as high as you planned.
Good luck!