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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
I think 1678 probably has the scouting thing figured out pretty well. They won Curie last year, after 4 teams declined them.
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Thanks Joe.
Obviously, there will always be good robots with a whole spectrum of drivetrain configurations (great example is 1425 this year, what a machine!)
In many cases, selecting a first pick robot is a straightforward offensive scouting exercise. Keep in mind, we picked 368 at SVR, a fantastic offensive machine, which also happened to feature one of the meanest swerve drives I've ever seen. Seriously, check it out at Champs, it may surprise you to see how many COTS components play a key role in that design.
However, our second pick preferences are very specific, and mecanum does not fit our desired robot configuration for our second pick. This is obviously our team bias, and is shaped by how we want to build our alliance, but it is a guideline we have followed with decent success over the past few years.
I won't say mecanum robots aren't good, because that's not true, there are plenty of great robots with mecanum drivetrains. However, they probably won't make our 2nd pick list.
But that's just us, we're still figuring this whole scouting thing out. I'd like to think we're making progress, but there's still so much we can be doing better!
-Mike