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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair
Has anyone been able to dominate the game while only picking up one tetra at a time? I know at our competition the robots who did extremely well could pick up more than one, well.
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Team 997 brought a robot to Portland that could stack up to six at a time. They had a powerful drivetrain, too. Their robot was designed to stack 7-8 tetras at once, and was a wonderful piece of engineering. Their beautifully machined grippers were things of beauty. My comments are NOT a criticism of their engineering or driving skills.
Once the other alliances figured out what they could do, they would appoint a robot to score a tetra or two until 997 finished loading, and then play defense on them. They tipped over a couple of times, and especially had trouble being defensed in the finals. The winning alliance at Portland had three robots who drove fast and smooth, and could reliably stack tetras one at a time.
Multi-stackers and really tall robots did not have much impact on the results at Portland. IMO. YMMV.