Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

You're exactly right. And even if the defense is so good that they score no discs, they're still good for 3rd level climb, which really can't be stopped.

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

You may want to consider having your arm be able to pull away from the dumped discs somehow at the end of the routine so it is unquestionable that they are scored. Wouldn't want them to settle in a position where they are touching the robot and not scoring you points!

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

I don't get the 20pts only. If all else fails collecting the discs we can still do a 30pt climb.

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

Awesome and so well done. That is almost exactly the design that we failed to pull off...

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

I'm pretty sure, at least from what it looks like from your video, that your robot did extend past the 54" diameter. I hope this isn't the case since bag & tag was yesterday. :(

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

Thanks for this! I'm very interested in this rule, and I will bring it up to the team.

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

20 points is assuming you don't have time to get up to the 30 point level and make the dump.

Any time you can cut off that 50 seconds will only increase your value and your ability to score those 50 points with defense.

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

Nope, we're very close at some points, but we're good. Thanks though!

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

"Shutting down" robots is always so much more difficult then people realize. With the pinning rules and contact penalties it's really hard to do it effectively. Combine that with the fact that most alliances put their weakest partner on defense usually leads to ineffective defense. Its nice to think you won't lose to this robot but most teams will.

Great job and good luck at your events

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

Nice job.

Inauspicious music choice though...I was hoping it wouldn't end by falling off the bar ;)

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

Agreed utterly.

We've always been great at defense, but preventing a four-disk acquisition + back to the pyramid in 1:10 would be next to impossible.

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

I bring up defense because it seems to be the variable in this robots routine that is the hardest to control and is most likely to chew up significant time (having a good drive train/drivers always helps).

Good defense is never easy, but there are plenty of robots capable of it. I can imagine this robot being the primary scorer for many of its qualification match alliances. You will see good defense played on you this year. You would if I was on the opposing alliance.

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

Great job! What mechanism moves the hooks up and down? it looks very similar to our (sub-functional) mechanism.

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

A motorized rack and pinion system raises and lowers the arms.

Re: Team 1448 Robot "50 points in 50 seconds"
 

"How many shooters can put up 30 points without interference?"

18 points autonomous plus four 3-point shots. 30 points. Piece of cake, defense or no.