1678 Two Ball Auto

[JABot67]

Originally Posted by EricLeifermann

While dropping the 1st ball helps in preventing another team from trying to steal or move the ball on the ball on the center line, it is not key to this auto.

The placement of that boulder on the center line is in a location that could hinder the other alliance from crossing a defense should they choose that, as the secret passage is directly in front and not a defense. So it comes down to do I stop them from scoring 10 points or do I score 10 points, also do I risk hitting them if we go for that ball at the same time?

Also awesome auto, though i don't think that bench grinder is a legal FRC robot.

I still think the dropping of the first boulder is super key. If you shoot your starting boulder first, you run into a huge problem. How do you approach the midline with enough precision to grab that second boulder, but not get a penalty for crossing the midline in auto. That's a very tall order for a dead-reckoning or vision-tracking robot, which may not know where it is at all times.

Drop your starting boulder far away from the midline, and you don't have to be nearly as precise.