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Re: Winning Robot Strategy
from what Ive seen from watching VCU and Oregon webcasts so far:
1.many bots have hanging and 2X arms, but only trivial means of pushing the balls around
2. pushing the balls towards the corrals is like herding cats
3. lots of teams either dont bother with getting the release ball in auton mode, or they are not able to get their auton mode to work - maybe because they are only focused on hanging?
4. teams that can collect the small balls and deliver them quickly ARE filling the goals up, and its not hard to get 11 balls in the stationary goal, which is worth 55 points alone - so if you can do that you will earn more points than a bot that can only hang - if you can collect 10 balls off the field + the 6 starter balls, thats 80 possible points and if you can cap it - thats 160
my conclusion? it looks like a lot of teams focused on hanging and the 2X ball, and only gave capturing and delivering the small balls a passing thought - I think the ones that control the small balls will win repeatedly.
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