Thread: Autonomous Strategies
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Re: Autonomous Strategies
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Originally Posted by ExarKun666 View Post
If anyone is going to turn around in autonomous to block the trailer, are they worried about tipping over the trailer?
My team is not worried about tipping over the trailer. While we are not sure about the exact CG of a trailer, even with game pieces in it, we know it is low enough that tipping a trailer will be difficult, even if we tried to.

Also, we don't think it's necessary to pull the trailer off the carpet before beginning our quick spin to block the PS shooting. We can position the trailer so that the tongue makes the maximum angle to our hitch so that it's biased in such a way that the trailer wheels will roll when we spin, minimizing friction enough that the time lost in getting off the carpet before spinning will not be worth it. We will spin somewhat less than 180 degrees so that the robot will optimally block the trailer from the PS and then push the jackknifed trailer back away from the PS.