[waialua359]

[quote=TheOtherGuy;707951]NEW IDEA: Shooters can place the ball faster than arm robots. I say this because arm robots (most of them) take some time to raise the arm and actually place the ball. Shooters simply move the the right spot on the field and shoot. From our experiments, you don't have to be very accurate to get the ball on the overpass...

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I think this statement may be too generalized. Not all shooters can shoot it on the overpass. Some are designed to shoot "over" the overpass only, where it may be difficult for teams to move backwards a bit and try to make it land perfectly on there. I'm not talking about every shooter.
Moving to the right spot may be hard to do with other robots on the field.

Arm robots wouldnt drive up to an overpass, then start lifting their arm to place on the overpass, thus taking too much time. They can do it while moving towards the overpass on the fly which is a smarter play in saving time. The one guarantee I think is that a greater no. of arm bots can place it on the overpass better and with great efficiency (not necessarily faster), while not as many shooters can pick a spot and place it just right on the overpass. I'm sure many experienced controllers and certain robots may do this, but not some of the ones I have seen from others. If an arm bot can place the ball on the overpass, I am assuming that they can remove it also (generalizing here). I have not seen every shooter built to do this. A great shooter will have that capability to knock balls down.