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Re: Real cool Robot Idea
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Originally Posted by Marcel
Ok this is my theory, if a robot that can collect balls, meaning harvest, collects all of the balls on the field when their alliance has more points. That would be a very good strategy. Not sure if thats allowed according to the manual though. Too lazy to check. Of course I'm sure theres some kind of rule against this.

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If I understand what you are saying, i.e. pick up all the balls and hold them, then no, there is no rule against it.

But also consider: Any ball they have in their robot
Any ball they have in their driver station

Any of those they could still score!
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