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Re: Fuel stuck in front of lift.

In our testing, fuel by itself doesn't impact the placement of the gear. A gear almost definitely will impact reliability of placement.

Fuel likes to smush together 2-deep when against the wall, creating about 6" of gap between bumpers and the wall. However, the lift edge is 2-4" (can't remember) from the wall of the airship. On top of that the peg extends 10" out from there (or 9" if the tip is broken). So the peg reaches far enough that it's a few inches inside the frame perimeter in nearly all cases. This is completely moot if there is a gap in the bumpers since that's an extra 3" gap the robot can close to the wall.

However, if there is a gear in the way in addition to the balls -- good luck with that . Average-case in our testing of that scenario, the bumpers were 12" away from a solid wall. This means that the frame perimeter can be approximately at the exact edge of the tip of the peg - meaning the peg doesn't engage the gear at all in most designs. A gap in the bumpers mitigates it somewhat, but only if the gear being placed is at the absolute front of the bot. If the tip of the peg is broken, all bets are off, IMO.

I expect there to be a few pieces of fuel in front of all of the lifts most of the time. If human players have to dump a load of balls on the field without a bot at the station, the balls are naturally propelled towards one of the lifts. Missed shots to the boiler will cause a few balls to go in front of the other two. The natural match flow to/from the boiler & feeder station will likely push some of them right next to the lift itself.

I expect plenty of teams in early matches to drop their autonomous gear in autonomous since it 'missed'. Once autonomous routines are dialed in, this won't be much of a problem.
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