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Re: Robot Setup

The rule has nothing to do with any conflicts that happen within one alliance - you are expected to be gracious professionals and work that out with each other in advance.

The rule also has nothing to do with where the robots are placed; the referee will never dictate exactly where you must place your robot (as long as it's touching the wall etc). Robot placement order and robot position are two different things.

The rule is in place in case the position of robots on one alliance affect the position of robots on the other alliance, forcing a situation where neither alliance wishes to set up their robots before seeing what the other alliance does. One example may be if one robot from each alliance is capable of reaching one of the hoppers at mid-field. Knowing whether or not that robot is going for that task will affect where the other robot is placed. If this conflict happens, teams notify the referees, who will dictate placement order where each alliance takes turns setting up a robot in a position on the field.

This is a fairly rare circumstance and I wouldn't expect it to happen more than a few times a season.
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