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Unread 10-01-2011, 20:07
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Re: Support Robot Concept

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Originally Posted by eagle33199 View Post
It might be... but if you can't pick them up off the floor, you're stuck driving to the other side to get game pieces every single time. That's a pretty big handicap to have, considering past experiences of game pieces littering the floor.
I'm not defending or advocating the decision to not have the ability to pick up off of the floor, but just pointing out it's not a feature to be taken for granted. If you're going to design your whole robot and strategy around having partners who can pick up off the floor, you better be sure that there are plenty of robots who are going to be able to acquire tubes on the floor.

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Originally Posted by RyanCahoon View Post
Is there a distinct advantage to this more than just having the feeder throw the tubes over the wall instead of putting them through the slot?



I've heard credible reports of being able to reach half-field, and that's without much practice.

--Ryan
Tubes are open targets for both alliances at half-field. They aren't if they're in the scoring area.