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Re: Advantage given by succesful autonomous mode

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Originally Posted by Salik Syed View Post
Lastly you said that if you "do the math" the ringers have only 6 inches of play in each direction.
Do you know how incredibly much that is? you are attempting to put a ring with a hole of 13-14" (?) diameter onto a rack whose cap is 10" in diameter.
I don't think 6" is "very little".
Robots that cannot score in autonomous will move the rack and make it incredibly difficult if not impossible to score.
In my original post, I said it took 1-2 minutes to score a ringer, well we got it down now to 2 ringers in 30-40 seconds (top and middle, picking up off the floor each time). It's all about technique and orientation. Whether that can be duplicated in auto mode, we'll see. The chances that we'll be coordinating which spider leg each alliance member will go for in auto mode is very slim. I also know that our experiences at our regional may be much different than other regionals where there are more veteran teams.
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