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Re: Any Wicked Awesome Goalies out there ?
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Originally Posted by ohrly?
My team put a LOT of consideration into the idea, but ultimately the mentors vetoed the dedicated goalie.
You can find an animation here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=408YXf6kGJ0
The idea is up for grabs if you can build it in a week...
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Really creative design, I like it. If made it probably would have been one of the best goalies out there.
However, it would have suffered from the same Achilles Heel as every other goalie robot out there: counter-defense. All it would take is one robot parking sideways in the goalie zone to block the goalie from moving through the goalie zone quickly. the goalie would either have to push the counter-d robot sideways as fast as the shooting robot could re-position and shoot; or retract its blocking extension, drive around the counter-d robot, get back into the goalie zone, and re-deploy its blocking extension before the shooting robot could re-position and shoot.
This is why we did not pursue a goalie design. Defense is important, but a goalie robot is simply too easy to effectively counter.
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Theory is a nice place, I'd like to go there one day, I hear everything works there.
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