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Originally Posted by Louisiana Jones
We tested defense with our kitbot and 2015 robot. The kitbot was geared to approximately twice the speed of our 2015 robot. In the videos you can see several times where the driver of our 2015 robot becomes overly aggressive and would have drawn a penalty. With a little coaching I think that this can be avoided. I also think that with a defensive robot in the courtyard it will be very hard to get a clean shot at the goal unless you are protected in the outerworks. We also noticed that the defensive robots could potentially trap against the batter robots who score low goals by blocking them in once they maneuver around the defender. The driver of the defensive robot will also have a much better view of the action which could also be a big advantage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQcjMYkn0iM |
In my experience the overlap in the Venn Diagram of "robot really only capable for defense" and "well coached" is virtually nonexistent.