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Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris
Thats exactly what other people said last year, human loading is going to be very big this year. It may not look overly important but it will be the most effective way to load.. you just wait  . |
Last year our team (as well as many others) rarely used human loading (our human players put a total of 1 tetra on the robot in over 14 matches).
In my opinion simply throwing the balls near your robot should be good enough. A bigger hopper will mean you can throw balls in easier, but throwing them near your robot on the ground and quickly picking them up is just as effective, plus it gives you the bonus of being able to get balls when your human players miss shots (and you can steal opponent's balls).
If you do go for human player loading, it would be wise to expand the hopper though (you don't necessarily have to expand the whole thing even, just the top so the balls will roll in).