[Aidan S.]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Oh no doubt, I was just referring to those who said scoring 5 tubes up high was easy.

Scoring 5 tubes on the high rack is by no means an easy task, but with a robot that can pick up from the feeder slot and score on the high rack, It could be possible to achieve with enough driver practice.

Say that in order to score a minibot, the team needs 20 seconds of the match. That leaves 100 seconds to score, so a scoring cycle of 20 seconds per tube. If the robot is geared for 10 feet per seconds with a single speed transmission, the scoring cycle can be broken down like this:

0s to 6s: cross field to feeder slot
6s to 8s: line up and pick up tube from feeder slot
8s to 14s: cross back to scoring rack
14s to 20s: line up and score tube

This is an ambitious scoring cycle, but with enough practice this could be achieved. Even if the team was only able to score four tubes, they still get in a 24 point logo (assuming they scored an ubertube), a three point tube, and a minibot. This was enough to win the majority of the qualifying rounds at the regional level. With this kind of robot, it is really up to how effectively the driver can cross the field and score.