Thread: was there anything unique about the robots that placed 1st through 10th last year?
View Single Post
  #9   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 16-11-2004, 20:41
Corey Balint Corey Balint is offline
Now comes without cockiness.
AKA: Corn Dog
FRC #0125
Team Role: College Student
  
Join Date: Apr 2004
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,615
Corey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond reputeCorey Balint has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via AIM to Corey Balint
Re: was there anything unique about the robots that placed 1st through 10th last year
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bharat Nain
You guys pointed out a lot of good things. One thing is that a robot should be reliable to do certain things if you want it to win. It should be able to do it consistently and well. Those robots are most likely to win. Since I am on the drive team, I Cantrell you that field experience(drive team) counts a big load. Getting used to the field language.. art of handling the bot.. co-operating with other teams... etc. It takes a while before you learn everything. You cant expect being on the drive team for the first time and win a regional, its just not likely. One thing Corey and I learnt this year is that our robot is fragile in some ways. For e.g. At PARC in one of the earlier qualifying matches I hung right under 341s bot, and they forced us down. I knew our wiring system was in big danger, but i still tried to lift up, and I burnt the whole wiring system of our arm. At that point Corey and I learnt that we cant do things the robot is not meant to or cant take. When we learnt certain things, we started winning competitions. So it did take us a while before we learnt things about being on the drive team, and now we're no more a rookie drive team and hopefully can perform better this upcoming season.
Hope that post helped a bit
-Bharat
Experience is definitely a huge huge plus. We went from barely being able to compete(because we knew nothing) to almost sweeping the MidAtlantic offseason events because we knew how the game is played and when/when not to do certain things.
Just to back up with a few stats-NJ-QFists
Annap-QFists
Nats-Did not place
Parc-QFists
Frenzy Finale-Winners
DotD-Champs
BE-Finalists
RR-Champs

And when we did break down at PARC, we were able to use our experience to find ways to win the game. After the match we fried the wires, we swept the rest of qualy's and had an incredibly intense 3 match battle with 222.
__________________
Don't be scared to post something that is more than "dave is great" "here's my caption contest entry" and "overdrive is the best thing ever". Say something interesting. Say something that will make others think. Create discussion.
If you do say something that isn't just for fun or praising something, which hopefully you do, just be prepared to back up what you said.

Remember: GP is Gracious Professionalism, not Glorifiying Plesantries. Saying something negative does not mean you are evil. It could help someone out a lot.

Anything that I post is an opinion from my own mind. Some may agree with it, others may not. However do not negatively associate anyone else, including any team I work with, with my opinion.
Last edited by Corey Balint : 16-11-2004 at 20:43.
Reply With Quote