Autonomous Dilemma

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Note, the bold face is my addition:

Originally Posted by "2015 Game Manual, 3.1.2.1

...A ROBOT SET occurs when all ROBOTS on an ALLIANCE move themselves to, and are fully contained by, their AUTO ZONE at the end of AUTO...

I haven't checked the Q&A, but I read this as disallowing the ROBOT SET points due to alliance partners pushing alliance partners into the AUTO ZONE. I fully agree that every robot should have that "auto drive" function, unless they have some killer strategy that makes them immobile and compensates for the loss of the robot set later in the game.

The CONTAINER SET, TOTE SET, and STACKED TOTE SET can be performed by one, two, or all three teams. My team is planning to execute a STACKED TOTE set on our own, and to participate in a ROBOT SET. A robot that can pull three (or four) containers off the step and into auto zone during autonomous (scoring a CONTAINER SET, and enabling those big RC points during tele-op) would have a big leg up on being selected by us as an alliance partner, especially if they kept them upright, or were prepared to make them so during tele-op. My belief is that this preference is mutual; I expect most of the EINSTEIN alliances to consist of robots with complementary specializations.