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Re: The REAL chokehold of 2016

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Originally Posted by AmiableVariable View Post
Concerns about building this aside.
I would be worried giving something like this to an alliance partner who would be driving it for the first time in playoffs. There are not a lot of teams using holonomic drives, and kiwi drives MUCH differently from a standard kitbot, Rhino treads, or most other drive trains. As such, there would be a very high chance of getting stuck in the secret passage and lowbar, or racking up fouls for hitting someone in the outerworks, just in an attempt to get to the secret passage.
It is an interesting concept, but not reasonable to implement in between alliance selection and playoffs.
This was also one of our main concerns. We asked someone on the team that has never driven before to give it a try. He took about a minute to get comfortable driving, which is pretty good. The thing is that the robot does not have to drive for most of the match, since it is just pressed up against the tower
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