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Unread 01-02-2012, 00:32
Andrew Lawrence
 
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Re: 179 Swamp Teasers

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Originally Posted by DampRobot View Post
I find it a little sad to see such an established team go for something like this. This is obviously a superiorly designed, engineered and machined robot, just look at that sheet metal on the ramp.

That said, I just can't comprehend why a team with this much potential chose to just do the bridge. Being able to gain only 10 points in qualification and no more just doesn't make sense to me, even with playing defense.

I did expect more than a few rookie teams to just concentrate on balancing. But a team of this caliber? I really feel like their engineering expertise would have been better put to use designing even a dumper. A good dumper could virtually guarantee getting 6-12 points per match, plus ten for balancing. That's not including autonomous.

With this design, it is true that 10 points per match can be expected, and that the robot would a boon in eliminations. But why would a robot that can't even play feeder be selected for elims?

179, awesome robot, but I just don't understand why you decided to give up on every aspect of the game but balancing.
They can score as well.

What about 111 in 2001 (I think that was the year)? Top caliber team was a bridge ramp robot, and oh yeah, they won championships!