Originally Posted by JesseK (Post 1250200)

987 does a 7-disc mid-field autonomous. This trumps them all.

Originally Posted by themccannman (Post 1250238)

So far from what I've seen 1986 and 987 have the best, most consistent autonomous routines. 254 mentioned that they had a plan to do a 9 shot autonomous, however I haven't seen that happen yet. We've been able to pick up and shoot 5 all but one time however our shooter issues at CVR didn't help with the scoring, if all goes well though we should be consistently getting either a 5 or 7 shot auto at the Sacramento regional.

Originally Posted by Racer26 (Post 1250159)

2056's 7 wasn't terribly reliable. At least not at GTR-E. Usually only good for 5 or 6 (their pickup is a single disc wide that masquerades as being able to deal with 2).

1241 has a fairly reliable 5 disk auto.

Originally Posted by akoscielski3 (Post 1250184)

I agree that 2056's wasn't exactly perfect. They're main issue, like you said, was that they are only suppose to pick up one at a time. Though they did get it enough for me to consider it pretty good. I think they could add something on their robot though they would help in collecting all the discs, like a funnel, they purposely get the right or left discs first, then the second hits the angled funnel and funnels into their robot. I have also seen them collect discs on the way back to the pyramid to shoot.
I think that they would have been working on that during their break and come to Waterloo this weekend ready to always get 7.

1241 only got their auto working for Saturday, and maybe the later matches in Friday, but yes they did seem to get the 2 pretty constantly. If you didn't see their robot in auto, they shoot 3 discs from middle of pyramid (back) and then drive backwards to the middle of the field and grab 2 from the center-line, drive back and shoot 2 more.

I can't wait to see how competitive Waterloo is this weekend with all the great robots attending.

Originally Posted by themccannman (Post 1250238)

So far from what I've seen 1986 and 987 have the best, most consistent autonomous routines. 254 mentioned that they had a plan to do a 9 shot autonomous, however I haven't seen that happen yet. We've been able to pick up and shoot 5 all but one time however our shooter issues at CVR didn't help with the scoring, if all goes well though we should be consistently getting either a 5 or 7 shot auto at the Sacramento regional.

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery (Post 1250226)

Can anyone who attended TCNJ confirm if 2590 pulled it off there? They came close at Hatboro-Horsham, but I don't know if they ever hit all 7.

Originally Posted by jspatz1 (Post 1250157)

So disappointed they had to leave the finals, it was shaping up as a great autonomous battle. Those young mentors have put together a great team and a great robot from humble beginnings. Look out for Team Neutrino.

Originally Posted by Trent B (Post 1250265)

Hopefully we can get the 7-disc to work in almost all of our matches at North Star. Good luck at champs 1986!

Originally Posted by DjScribbles (Post 1250145)

At our two district events so far, I have yet to see another floor pickup being used in autonomous besides ours, so I'm curious how many other teams are picking up 7 in autonomous? Is anyone out there going for 9?



We currently pickup 7 (new feature in our second district event), but due to occasional loading issues (and a few missed shots and intermittent start-up transients) we usually make 5 or 6 (or during the SJ elims, 3 shots, thanks to a sensor issue).

Originally Posted by Cory (Post 1250246)

Not us. 9 disc is impossible based on every robot we've seen so far.

Originally Posted by Racer26 (Post 1250287)

Curious why you say this?

Seems to me like 1986 or 2056 have both done 7, and they're certainly not moving as fast as they could be.

Originally Posted by Joe Ross (Post 1250289)

I don't know about 2056, but it seems like 1986 would have to do two 180s, which makes it significantly harder.

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery (Post 1250314)

And then there's teams like 2590 and 1241, who could theoretically accomplish the task without ever turning. But neither has hit 7 yet, and I have no idea if 1241 can run over the discs and then still pick them up like 2590 does.

Originally Posted by Cory (Post 1250246)

Not us. 9 disc is impossible based on every robot we've seen so far.