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Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
And a lot of people seem to be dismissing the natural 'safe zone' created by the batter and tower itself. Our thought process was 'why shoot from far away when I can drive right up to the tower, wedge ourselves on the ramp and take a close shot?' See 2014 robots that wedged themselves against the low goal and the corner of the field.
We are doing the low bar and so far haven't ran into any major issues. I think it's accessible to a lot of teams with a little planning, but it definitely requires some thought & testing to package everything well.
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The difference is that you had squarish robots parkng in a squarish space. This year the park and shoot area is a trapezoid which will make it easier for defenders to turn you so you miss. That said, there are ways to minimize the defenders defense. Such as a turret shooter or a trapezoidal robot.
Speaking of which, has any team ever made a trapezoid robot?
PS: When/if it gets to be too easy to build a machine that can accomplish a recent/typical FRC game, then I suspect it will be time for someone to unveil a harder game. - gblake [more] 
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