But I still think the bonuses haven t been fully exploited. Turn on every light in your testing arena and then some. Point your TV remote at your robot. Take some flash pictures of your robot. If it works, then you have a chance at the contest.
Some corners have highly NON-reflective rubber joints.
Add that to your testing arena. All my robots hated those corners. The contest furniture is extremely heavy. The diameter is about the same too. Robots like money.