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Re: pic: Tube Throwing Comparison
Our team plans to do some tube throwing tests and then figure out the time it will take our robot to make the trip from the tube's landing spot to the rack, allowing time for pickup and hanging. We then have a rough estimate of how many tubes we could score using this method in a match, under ideal conditions.
It remains to be seen if, with 5 other robots occupying the field, it would be more efficient and reliable to toss the tube part of the way or have the robot receive it from the feeder and cross the entire field itself.
And any time I talk about tube throwing I have to mention that one time in the 07 Monty Madness finals when a human player flung one onto the rack with about 5 seconds left on the clock. The place went crazy.
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Because FIRST wants everyone to have a sense of accomplishment even if you didn't accomplish anything during the match. - Koko Ed [more] 
13-01-2011, 10:18
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