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Re: Fuel Capacities

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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson View Post
If ever there was a year for a tiny round robot with swerve and a sensor like this one (Slamtec RPLIDAR A2 Now Available for FRC Teams) to allow it to automatically run gears while also avoiding other robots and find and climb the rope at the bell, THIS maybe be the year.

That robot would be playing on Saturday the CMP for sure with a reasonably good shot to make it to Einstein.

Luck favors the bold...

Dr. Joe J.
Well, there was room for a tiny mostly-round robot with swerve once before...

This screw-the-fuel strategy is bold, and may not reap full dividends in quals, but I could see it being a very high draft pick assuming the alliance captains are paying any kind of attention.

(Time to fundraise to build that robot this off-season...)
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