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Re: How do you select drivers?
Should a good driver be the best at driving the robot during a lap around cones? We debate this all the time. I agree with the statement that anyone can drive a robot. But finding a driver that can scan the field, avoid collisions, bump another robot out of scoring position while flying to their next objective, not pull a foul, listen to the coach, etc is much harder. Some of the "smartest" drivers have a hard time deviating from their objective. If they decide to get a game piece they will not deviate even if it takes them the whole match to get to that particular game piece. On the other side of the spectrum I find the drivers that are masters on the sticks the first time driving aren't always the ones that can play the game the best. You have to find a well rounded driver that can continuously get better at driving while learning how the game is played, handle the stress and handle the constant criticism. We also limit the contact directly with the driver to the coach. All ideas, criticism, game play strategies goes to the strategy team and then gets downloaded to the coach who relays it to the driver.
To answer the original question, try giving the drivers three different objectives during the drivers competition and don't dictate the order in which they perform the tasks. Then see whole comes up with a strategy to complete the three tasks the most efficiently.
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