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This game points out a fundamental truth: It is far easier to destroy something than it is to create it.
Stack attackers are working with the second law of thermodynamics on their side while stackers aren't.
One of the problems is that with three rather powerful pairs of motors in the kit (CIM, drill & FP), robots have too much power available for a drive system. Many robots can get from one side of the field to the other in about 5-7 seconds (under the bar - add a couple of seconds to go over the ramp).
In Sacramento our driver left the top of the ramp to go into the opponent's scoring zone, knock over a stack and return to the top of the hill. Total time: less than 10 seconds. (And our robot doesn't shift.)
I'd like to see more stacking, but the speed of attackers simply doesn't make it very practical. My suggestion to FIRST for next year: drop some of the more powerful motors, double the amount of pneumatics.
-Mr. Van
Coach, 599
RoboDox
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