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Originally Posted by JesseK
Multiple robots placing a gear on the peg in auton isn't easy. For dead reckoning, there is approximately +/- 0.75" of margin of error left/right after a robot drives. One team only has to drive 4 feet. The other two teams have to drive approximately 6-8 feet and also possibly turn.
You may say 'just use vision', but it is rarely that simple.
I predict that multiple gears in auton will be as rare as any tower-scoring autons were in 2016. In some regions of the country it will be more common than others - but compared to 2014 and prior autonomous routines it will be very rare.
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Yeah, I agree, but I think that would be far more likely than the "I'll place one gear and then you pass me another one and I'll place that one too" scenario that was described above.
It is a fun and clever thought experiment: set up your robot such that in auto it situates itself on the field adjacent to the airship and presents a peg to another robot that thinks it is placing its gear on the center peg.
The more productive goal will likely be: place the gear, run to a hopper, dump it, shoot high goals until time runs out.