[Boltman]

Originally Posted by Rangel(kf7fdb)

Yes but the outerworks is not another carpet. If your robot is in your opponent's courtyard and your bumper is in the volume of the outerworks, you are supposed to be protected from opponent contact.

I watched a lot of Palmetto since we compete next week, I saw ZERO bots taking shots from outer works (with bumpers hanging) at Palmetto. So I don't think the opportunity and/or desirability came up. Could be teams in practice found that long range of shot unreliable is my guess. Almost all shots were taken from batter or back a several feet except for the one bot that nailed shots in auto from spy position. The prime shot zone was from halfway in courtyard to batter.

I too went in thinking that a cross and immediate shoot might be the way to go..but it may not be a realistic way to go. We'll certainly practice it and find out. Hope we get the vision thing down certainly would help. Lots to consider.

My feeling is the action is chaotic and relying on a ref to call fouls is a dubious endeavor. Even from a discrete quantitative visual scouting standpoint its nearly impossible to keep track so much going on.

Since we didn't get a ton of shot practice going in we'll have to find what works when we get there we have the entire field to choose from. Hope to find a few sweet spots.