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Re: Minibot Strategy & Etiquette
This issue became more prominent as the season went on and minibots became faster and more reliable.
The answer for me and my team was based on scouting. You must understand the capabilities of your partners just as well, if not better than your opponents. Understanding how consistent your entire alliance is will help you greatly to formulate a plan. If you anticipate a close match with good minibots on both sides, you must send your fastest and most reliable. Teams competing at championships must also understand that all teams are there to compete.
It's certainly a very tough discussion to have, particularly for a team just getting their system up and running and trying to show it off to scouts. Hopefully everyone can keep a cool head and realize that part of the competition is making concessions, yet understanding it's still a competition and teams are trying to win!
-Brando
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MORT (Team 11) '01-'05 :
-2005 New Jersey Regional Chairman's Award Winners
-2013 MORT Hall of Fame Inductee
NUTRONs (Team 125) '05-???
2007 Boston Regional Winners
2008 & 2009 Boston Regional Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award
2010 Boston Regional Creativity Award
2011 Bayou Regional Finalists, Innovation in Control Award, Boston Regional Finalists, Industrial Design Award
2012 New York City Regional Winners, Boston Regional Finalists, IRI Mentor of the Year
2013 Orlando Regional Finalists, Industrial Design Award, Boston Regional Winners, Pine Tree Regional Finalists
2014 Rhode Island District Winners, Excellence in Engineering Award, Northeastern University District Winners, Industrial Design Award, Pine Tree District Chairman's Award, Pine Tree District Winners
2015 South Florida Regional Chairman's Award, NU District Winners, NEDCMP Industrial Design Award, Hopper Division Finalists, Hopper/Newton Gracious Professionalism Award
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