Our
bot can pickup balls and hold over 25 balls. Will we pickup over 25 balls at one time in competition? I don't know, we will have to see how the game plays out. Our 2003 robot could stack 12 boxes, but 6 was probably the max we did in competition. Robots stacking was a rare occurrence in that game.
Will there just be 25 balls just sitting there in a group, waiting for us to pick them up? Probably not, and HP balls will probably account for a good percentage of stored balls. Unless ball hoarding becomes the dominant strategy, bots will probably shoot their balls before getting 25.
There is a friendly wager written in Sharpie on our practice field. If we fill up the robot (30+ balls) in competition, then one engineer owes another engineer dinner. I would put my money on the bot never filling up, but it might get close.