30-09-2011, 18:42
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 FRC #5402 (Iron Kings); no team (AndyMark) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: The Land of the Kokomese, IN
Posts: 8,522
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Re: Other strategies for Logo Motion
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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256
A strategy we never really saw used, but was viable, was a robot with a fast roller claw, that would maneuver around the field, grab tubes, and use their roller claw to shoot them to their alliance. Sort of like a super herder, but the goal is to get a tube, turn towards its alliance, move forward a bit, launch the tube, and repeat. This method would be the fastest herding method if done correctly.
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Actually, it did see use: 2815 used their roller claw to grab tubes from midfield (especially ones near the field border) and run them closer to the far-more-adept-at-scoring 2415 and 1771. The combined result was good enough for us.
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2007-2009: FRC 1618 (Capital Robotics) - Mentor, Coach
2009-2013: FRC 2815 (Los Pollos Locos) - Mentor, Coach - Palmetto '09, Peachtree '11, Palmetto '11, Palmetto '12
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