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Re: auto vs. manual loading zone, which one?
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Originally Posted by dhitchco
A couple of thoughts:
2) However, that spreadsheet did not account for the extra time that most robots seem to need at the auto-load stations to be EXACTLY perpendicular to the loader.
3) For the manual loaders with human players, the robot can be at any angle to the load station (but still "INSIDE" the load station triangle). At three regionals, I would say that the ratio of robots using human players versus auto-load is about 75% human, 25% auto.
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with our robots skewer we can be at any angle as long as we are on that triangle and our skewer can break the plane of the tetra.
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Originally Posted by dhitchco
ALSO.....by far, there have been a lot of penalties for "foot faults" by the human players either passing each other (three people in a skinny area) and setting feet outside the zone or by NOT having both feet on the ground while placing a tetra.
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that is the biggest reason i do not like the human loader. one you can get a 10 point penalty for lifting your foot off the floor in the box. two you can get disabled for touching your bot. three your human player can disable you robot in auto mode, screwing it all up, by shifting their weight from one leg to the other. there is too many risks involved in using the human loader. and from what Ive seen on most robots it takes longer then the bots that go to the auto loader (i.e 65 66 67 68 111 108 45 and the list goes on)
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