View Single Post
  #28   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 01-02-2016, 21:43
Edxu's Avatar
Edxu Edxu is offline
Strategy/Scouting Mentor
AKA: Edwin Xu
FRC #4476 (W.A.F.F.L.E.S Robotics)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2013
Rookie Year: 2013
Location: Toronto, Canada
Posts: 190
Edxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant futureEdxu has a brilliant future
Re: What will separate the good from the great?

I think that good low bots will be able to breach 2-3 defenses and then feed a shooter or score low goals, and a great low bot will be able to breach 4-5 defenses quickly while single-handedly weakening the tower.

A good high bot/shooter specialist will hit >50% of their shots at the same rate that they are fed balls by a low bot, and a great high bot/shooter specialist will hit 80-90% of their shots, and still have time to roam the courtyard and harrass the opponent's defender, maybe even stealing a ball or two from the Secret Passage.

However, I would agree that consistency is one thing that makes a robot great. A robot that can do something amazing twice out of ten is arguably less useful to an alliance than a robot that can do something easy every single time.
__________________
2013 FRC World Champions (1477, 1241, 610)
Queens University Computing Class of 2020


2013-2016: Team 610
2017-????: Team 4476
Reply With Quote