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Originally Posted by Rick TYler
Almost forgot... although they didn't score the vision tetra (which I predicted they might), team 492 picked a tetra from the autoloader and scored it on a corner goal in autonomous. They then proceded to cap as many as five other goals per match -- one tetra at a time. Their record was 15-0-2, with a second consecutive PNW regional win. They had a low, fast, smooth robot that only held one tetra at a time and probably couldn't stack the third tetra on the center goal. What they could do was split the field like an NFL running back, and never fumble a tetra. NOBODY at our regional handled as well as 492. Their driving team was exceptionally skilled, too. I want to be them when I grow up.
More congrats to our down-the-road pals at Titan Robotics.
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We originally had planned on capping the center goal with the vision tetra in the autonomous program, but in the end we decided not to because we were always about an inch or two off from being able to cap the center goal properly, so on the last weekend, we decided to change the autonomous to capping a corner goal. If we had another week, we would probably have been able to figure out the coding to cap it.
Our driver and arm controllers are actually both new this year (well our driver was the arm controller last year but that's another story). The key to driving really well is to start training really early in the year. Even before the game was unveiled, they had taken out our robot from last year and started to practice and practice. By the second or third week into the season, we have a basic running chassis in which they can use to practice on. If you practice often and early, your drivers can probably achieve the same effectivness as our drivers can.