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Re: Banging the driver station
Today in semi-finals a robot on the alliance we faced was known to smash into the driver station wall every match in autonomous. To prepare for that we put our logitech controllers behind our already-velcroed laptop, however when they hit our station they actually managed to bang the lid of our laptop down such that we didn't have control of the robot for about the first 5-10 seconds of the match. After this incident, the head ref told us that in the next match we could hold our driver station (two controllers and a laptop) in place if we saw that they were about to hit us, as long as we didn't give the driver station any input. We ended up not having to do this because of the defenses we selected, but I think this was a great way to deal with the situation on the ref's part.
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2016 Competition Results (Co-captain, Driver, and Lead Programmer; Junior)
Springside-Chestnut Hill District Event - WINNER / #2 Seed, #1 Seed's First Pick / Gracious Professionalism Award
Westtown District Event - WINNER / #1 Seed / Industrial Design Award
MAR District Championship - WINNER / #1 Seed / Industrial Design Award / Dean's List Finalist Award (Me)
World Championship, Carson Subdivision - QUARTERFINALIST / #3 Seed, #2 Seed's First Pick
Indiana Robotics Invitational - FINALIST / #14 Seed, #2 Seed's Second Pick
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