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Unread 06-04-2015, 19:52
Andrew Lawrence
 
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Re: Most in-demand robot type?

From my experiences watching matches, my ideal alliance would look something like this:

- 1 robot with a ramp that runs a 3 tote auto and grabs a bin in the process, loads from ramp at a human player station, and makes 6 tall stacks with bins and litter on them by itself

- 1 robot with a fast 2 recycling container auto whose sole job after auto is to make full 6 stacks of totes using the landfill and the other human player station once the landfill is empty

- 1 robot with a fast 2 recycling container auto whose sole job after auto is to fill the 4 recycling containers gained from auto with litter and cap the stacks made by the robot that only stacks totes

I see this as the most effective way to utilize all three robots on an alliance without getting in the way of each other and accomplishing the most scoring objectives in the least amount of time. Ideally the ramp robot makes three full stacks and uses the three recycling containers in the staging area to cap them, the tote-stacking-only robot makes four full stacks, and the capping-bot uses the four recycling containers from the step (filled with noodles) to cap those four stacks made by the tote-stacking-only bot. 314 points.

What I like about this style of play is that you don't need an alliance of elite level robots to accomplish this. Most of the mid to top tier ramp bots should be able to get 3 capped stacks by champs. Most teams will be able to get fast center recycling container grabbers (maybe not the fastest, but fast will work for *most* teams). A robot dedicated just to stacking totes should be able to easily empty the landfill and then some (We mostly do this during our last two qualification matches at Ventura, and I would say that at that time we were performing at a completely reachable level to most teams attending championships), and most capping robots should be able to cap four stacks. This kind of strategy is completely viable for many alliances who push for it, and it doesn't even require any pro-level science.

Last edited by Andrew Lawrence : 06-04-2015 at 19:59.