[FTC]: Autonomous Ideas?

[RRLedford]

Originally Posted by JesseK

The point I was trying to make is that the center dispenser would be blocked. Your only recourse would be to go to another dispenser, which is not only less accurate but also (by definition of possession) causes you to lose the rolling goal.

We don't approach the center dispenser from a 90 degree to the wall direction. We approach following the wall and can program select which side we come at it from. This allows us to push any blockers out of the way, because our all four wheel drive can move most blockers. Since our conveyor loads batons from the side of our bot and we always follow the wall to get into position opposite the dispenser, we are not as easy to block out from dispenser access as other bots are.

We can turn quite tight circles without loosing control of the rolling goal. The deep V notch and serious amount of entanglement with the scoring tubes makes it stay firmly in our control while turning tightly, and unless we back up at close to an angle 180 degrees opposite to our initial engagement path, we maintain very good control. It is also nearly impossible to knock it out of our control by any kind of impact coming from any angle.

-Dick Ledford