[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

3476 had a load time competitive with both 118 and 469, as they could load two at once similar to 469. Every time I watched them load their machine I constantly thought they drove away before they finished loading their hopper, but no, they were just that fast.

It's very hard to define a "best" robot for 2013 because of all the different ways to score and all of the different needs of varying alliances, but I think with all the different ways to score it has to go to a team that gets "extra" points one way or another, be it via pyramid climbing or autonomous or what have you. 1114's fast, consistent climb added points that were more scarce than 7 disk autons, and their cycling was among the best in competition, so there's a strong argument to be had for them. Yet, 67 at their peak simply got more disks in the goal. Ultimately I think 469 was the best simply because they could play *any* role on an alliance (excluding climbing) at the very top level - they were one of the best cyclers, one of the best autons, AND one of the best full court shooters, all with the same robot, without compromising effectiveness in any of them. THAT is very rare in FRC.

67 was my favorite that year, in part because we got to play with and against them that year on both Curie/IRI and loved their robot design. Those matches were exciting.
I wish we could have seen 3476 up close. That robot had such a low profile and it was an extremely effective.
I would also agree that 469 was overall the best because of what you mentioned. They could do it all.
But if I had to choose a robot to align with, giving us the best chance to win, it was 1114.