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Re: [FTC]: What generally are teams scoring?

We had a competition in Iowa on 11/03/12 (the first one of the year, I believe), and the scoring was quite low. Only a few robots could score rings. I think the highest score was something like 120. About 3-4 teams attempted to score an autonomous ring, and only once did a robot succeed in hanging one. Lifting happened several times and was typically worth enough to win the match.

In a practice match with absolutely no defense, one of our school's robots is able to very consistently score two sets of two rings on different pegs. We are hoping to speed that up with practice so that it can consistently score 3-4 times since (as described above) the points get so much better as you own 5+ pegs. We still don't have a ring-scoring autonomous heading into our second qualifier, but you can rest assured that we'll have it ready for the state competition. Scoring an autonomous ring is really difficult, but it's also a huge advantage that's worth going after (even without the 50 point bonus for hitting the column with the IR beacon).

The abilities of the teams steadily ramps up as the season progresses, so the very low scoring environment I describe for the first competition of the year won't last.
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