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Unread 26-01-2017, 09:14
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Re: Efficient Points

Even if your robot was specifically designed for gears and picked up on one side, dropped off on the other, there's still the problem of trying to pick up gears that have fallen in a random position from an alliance partner's bumper. Plus, you would most likely only use one gear peg, as that is much easier and faster than using different pegs each time. Could a 3-gear auto be done? In theory, yes. But your robot has to be very specifically designed to do so, and the advantages offered are somewhat minimal compared to the challenge of doing so (I gather that this year, the ability to handle gears, however minimally, is extremely valuable and should be on every robot).
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