Powerhouse teams vs. Powerhouse Alliances...
 

Posted by Brian at 2/11/2001 4:35 PM EST


Student on team #56, Robbe Xtreme, from Bound Brook High School and Ethicon Inc..



Hey,

I was just thinking as to whether everyone is building a powerhouse or do it all robot or a robot that will attribute other robots to make a powerhouse alliance.

Our team has choosen to make a robot that will compliment other robots to make a "ultimate" alliance...

What about your teams...

Post reply's...


Brian

Re: Powerhouse teams vs. Powerhouse Alliances...
 

Posted by Mark at 2/11/2001 5:08 PM EST


Student on team #41, Warrior Robotics, from Watchung Hills Regional HS and Cordis.


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Posted by Brian on 2/11/2001 4:35 PM EST:



Your friends at Team 41 are going for that "powerhouse alliance." We do one main thing and do it well and hopefully very reliably.

Mark

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Posted by Mike Soukup at 2/11/2001 5:22 PM EST


Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling and Motorola.


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Posted by Brian on 2/11/2001 4:35 PM EST:



Not a comment on my team, but my own personal opinion. As I said earlier, if you take a team of robots that are excellent all-around-ers and a team of robots that each excel at a specific & exclusive task, the second team will win hands down.

My prediction: the national champion alliance will get their winning score with 4 robots each performing a primary task that the other 3 are incapable of doing (unless the primary task is moving a goal or driving to the endzone which all teams will be able to do).

Mike

Re: Powerhouse teams vs. Powerhouse Alliances...
 

Posted by Chris Orimoto at 2/11/2001 7:32 PM EST


Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from McKinley High School and Nasa Ames/Hawaiian Electric/Weinberg Foundation.


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Posted by Brian on 2/11/2001 4:35 PM EST:



We also believe in the "powerhouse alliances". We are building our robot to do one primary function (hopefully well) in order to compliment other alliances.

Just my personal thoughts...

Chris #368

Seeding favors PT's
 

Posted by Joe Johnson at 2/11/2001 9:31 PM EST


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.


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Posted by Brian on 2/11/2001 4:35 PM EST:



Seeding gives a definite advantage to teams that
require very little of their partners.

While this does not require a powerhouse team, per se,
it does require that a team that wants to gain one of
those high seeds has to design their robot so that it
can get large scores with partners that can do little
more than drive over the bridge (and perhaps at least
one that can pull or push a goal?).

As to specializing, this is going to be a big part of
the Elimination Rounds. But... you have to get to the
elimination rounds first.

Remember, only 4 teams out of over 80 per group get
automatic invitations to the elimination rounds.

Either you plan on being lucky (i.e. you plan on
getting a lot of good partners) or you plan on getting
high scores without asking much from your partners.

Which is the better strategy?

As I have often said lately, Time will tell.

Joe J.

Just remember...
 

Posted by EddieMcD at 2/12/2001 12:30 AM EST


Student on team #121, Islanders, from Middletown High School and NUWC.


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Posted by Brian on 2/11/2001 4:35 PM EST:



The more parts a robot has, the more likely something will break.