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Originally Posted by pandamonium
I am aware of the data that you have discussed and the typical low scores
I have a gut feeling that this year may be different. I have been in first for many years and I have seen so many more succesful acurate prototypes than ever before. The dynamics of disks are quite different than balls and these goals are quite large. The math from past years sugests that if a robot can score 20 points reliably they will be quite good. I just dont know though I could see a simple robot in 3 days based robot capable of 40 points consistantly.
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Resources like Robot in 3 days definitely will help bring up the level of competition, but while i've seen many shooters, I've yet to see an efficient intake, storage, and feeder. Granted, many powerhouse teams and others are not showing those (since these are obviously the toughest parts of designing this year's robot) Teams will definitely score more points, but the distribution of points will be the same. Those teams that iterate and practice will still be far above the ones that don't. The "low score" threshold will be raised this year, but so will the mid range and top tier score.