Re: Analysts
 

For those of you considering having Analysts hold up cards to signal the feeders during matches, just remember that they'll need to be large enough so that the Feeder can see them and interpret without thought - meaning that they'll be clearly visible to the other alliance as well - which may or may not be an issue.

Not to mention that the Driver's station is packed as it is, and they'll need to do a bit of wiggling to get a direct line of sight.

Theoretically, you'll want the most discrete, yet clearly visible method of signaling as possible, ideally signalling directly to the Human Player in a simple and precise fashion.

Re: Analysts
 

Now that teams are close to done, and several have attended scrimmages... how ARE you planning on using your analyst?

Do any of you RELY on the analyst for signaling of tubes?

Do any of you RELY on the analyst for overall match communication?

for overall match strategy?

for...?

Re: Analysts
 

We'll likely want our human player in the feeder station as much as possible, as we see that process of human player loading being a significant variable affecting how long it takes to acquire and score tubes.

As coach, I will be communicating with the analyst as necessary -- depending somewhat on their ability to effectively communicate on behalf of our partners. Ultimately, however, we'll be making the decision about which tubes human players should load into our robot and signal them directly as we approach the loading station using colored LED light strips.