Thread: Fuel Vs. Gears
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Re: Fuel Vs. Gears

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Originally Posted by Bryce Clegg View Post
I feel that most teams would be designing their gear manipulator to work with the feeder station. But, if a team did design a robot where they pick gears up from the floor, it would create an interesting dynamic. One team to get the gears, another to place them, and a third team to shoot or play defense.
Intaking Gears off the floor will be a difficult but, in my opinion, useful strategy. It would allow teams to execute this Gear ferrying strategy and pick up any Gears dropped by teams trying to place them on the Lift. I think once the level of competition rises, it'll become less helpful because the Gear scoring process will be smoother and there will be less dropped Gears. But in the wilds of the Quals rounds, it could set a team apart.
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