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View Poll Results: How does your robot interact with balls on the ground?
Specific mechanism to herd them into the lower goal. 17 17.00%
Specific mechanism to pick them up from the ground and bring them inside the robot. 85 85.00%
Ground ball manipulation is not in our strategy. 13 13.00%
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Re: Who is picking up from ground?

I don't understand why so many people think picking up from the ground is indispensible...

Two years ago, balls flooded the floor when the hopper opened. Four years ago, 40 balls started in a straight line on the ground. This year, NO balls start on the ground, and the only way they get there is if YOU put them there (whether by missing a shot or throwing them).

We found that with our drive, we can go back and load up far quicker than it would take to mow down 5-10 stray balls. If every ball our human player gets his hands on ends up in our hopper, and every one of those ends up in the 3 point goal, it is mathematically impossible to beat us with balls alone. Granted, you're going to miss a couple here and there, but allocating the space, weight, and time to a mechanism that really only has to deal with these stragglers doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

If your strategy is to wing the balls down the field to be picked up by your robot, you have three opponents who would just love to get them first...

I'm not saying that this is how the game is necessarily going to be played out, but I forsee a game where human loading and a precision shooter will be hard to beat.
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