Originally Posted by DampRobot (Post 1344327)

Shooting too hard can hurt you. We were shooting so hard at Teh Chezy Pofs field we were bending their field spec goals. Having such a fast, flat trajectory seemed to make it more difficult to line up. Back at our field, we switched to weaker springs and had a much easier time making shots.

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri (Post 1345565)

Never before have I seen a game piece launched by a robot blow the polycarb window out of the drivers' station wall. So... congratulations?

Originally Posted by toddhans (Post 1345554)

In St. Peter, MN, we were able to usually get 2 on 2 games going in the afternoon. We had a lot of our 2 on 2 matches ignore defense as it was hard enough for robots running around for the first time to do much else than concentrate on the task at hand. 3018, our team, was able to get the second assist without much difficulty due to this, and we even had a catch one time. It seems that the closer you are to changing possession, the easier it will be. It will also be difficult to keep some parts of the robot in the playing area when the 20 inch projections are near. It will be imperative for the drive team to really pay attention to this.

Our robot did pretty well compared to the other 8 or so robots that participated, but ours was also the most complete. We also had a practice bot going to help determine our drive team, doing as much as possible in the little time we had. Catching will be difficult if there is any defense on the bot, and other robots running 'accidentally' into your ball looks like it could be frequent with 3 bots on the field. It was good to see what could happen out on the field, and it was nice to read about what other issues were seen at more complete regionals. Thanks for sharing!