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Originally Posted by Turtlecoach
d. IR receiver might be “listening” to the goal to determine where a scoring element (ball, block, hoop, etc…) needs to be deposited. Individual goals might have four bins, the IR transmitter at the gate would instruct the robot which of the four bins the element needs to be dropped into. How well the robot fulfills the instruction will determine how many points you score.
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I think this is most likely.
I believe this will follow two rules, kind of like the camera has in the past.
1. I highly doubt that this board is going to be mission-critical.
2. It'll be nice if you have it, but some teams will not have the ability to make it work. Therefore, any advantages gained from having it must not be so large as to guarantee a win.
I'm thinking something like what turtlecoach described above.
Example 1: there are four identical bins, each with a transmitter on them that you have to deposit balls into. One or two of the four bins has the transmitter active. Depositing balls into the one or two transmitter-active bins scores you 5 points/ball. Depositing balls into any other bin scores you 2 points/ball. Specific point values notwithstanding.
Example 2: 4 identical bins, each with a transmitter. Each bin is numbered, the numbers remain identical throughout every match. (I.E. bin #1 will always be the bin closest to the blue alliance station)
They all start transmitting the same, coded signal. This signal will identify a particular bin. Depositing balls into the indicated bin will result in more points than depositing balls into any other bin.
Sorry if I repeated anything that's already been said. I didn't read all 41 pages before posting, just the first and last few.