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Re: auto vs. manual loading zone, which one?
Good adds Stevie,
1) Yes, some robots with "skewers" can get the tetra in auto-load and NOT be exactly square to the loading zone. But I'v also seen a lot of robots miss tetras and the attendants then have to reload. Plus the tetra tends to fall INSIDE the field, thereby creating a traffic roadblock.
2) Yes, I've heard about the human players shifting ont he pads. I see a lot of human players being told to face AWAY from the field during auto mode in order to HOLD STILL. But overall, if they're in the middle of the pad, it shouldn't be a problem. In the future, the pads shouldn't be "in the loop" during autonomous modes anyways.
3) The one big "plus" to human loaders is that it a) involves more team members and b) creates some more randomness to the overall game. Just treat your human player(s) as if they too were robots; hard for us humans to do!
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