View Single Post
  #73   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 01-04-2013, 17:15
MathMaven MathMaven is offline
Registered User
AKA: Elisha Sword
FRC #3175 (Knight Vision)
Team Role: Programmer
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 50
MathMaven is on a distinguished road
Re: Who is going to be on Einstein?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Isaac View Post
\At the regionals I have attended, I have seen very few floor pickup machines. I don't know if this a function of strategy or difficulty of execution but it seems very rare. Although many of the powerhouse teams have the capability, they use it infrequently. It seems like after the discs in the center of the field are depleted, it is not worth the extra time and ambiguity to attempt to floor pickup. This is something I am very unsure about however, and it could have a much larger role in STL than I anticipated with teams such as 1986 and 2056 concentrating on it.
At Detroit, Team 469 scored lots of points with its fast and reliable floor pickup, and won the whole darn thing as Captain of the #1 alliance. I think a good floor pickup will have a place.
__________________
—Elisha Sword

2010–13: FRC Team 3175 (Knight Vision), student, lead programmer
2012–13: FRC Team 3175 (Knight Vision), lead website designer
2014: FRC Team 3175 (Knight Vision), programming mentor

“Who has not been amazed to learn that the function y = e^x, like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, is its own derivative?”
—Francois le Lionnais
Reply With Quote