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Originally Posted by Collmandoman
I've been really curious as to why the elevator robots didn't just dead reckon putting a vision tetra on the center goal.. you have a 1/4 chance one will lie in the middle path.. drive (through both possible vis tetras on the center row) then raise then drive alittle more and drop - back away
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I am guessing that this is
because of the 1 in 4 chance of success. Most teams want an autonomous mode that will perform consistently, every time. Most likely, alliance captains would not want to pick a partner who would only have a one in four chance of having an autonomous mode that actually works. Even though it may work some of the time - and when it would, it would be wonderful - it probably isn't the most appealing characteristic when the time comes for alliance selections. It just isn't reliable.
This actually makes me wonder how it would be for the field attendants who set up the field. If they knew anything about that robot and their strategy, they would potentially be altering the outcome of the match based on how they chose to position the tetras. How are the positions of the vision tetras determined? Is there a set schedule of how the vision tetras are going to be placed match to match? Or do the field attendants make a random decision as to how they are placed? I am not implying that a field attendant would purposely place tetras in a manner which would cause the alliance to win or lose, but I wonder if they would feel a degree of responsibility and what the implications of this would be.
Interesting question.
-- Jaine