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Originally Posted by Andy Grady
... If you figure out which element that is, and gear your robot up to do it very fast...you stand a very good chance.
Sounds easy enough right?
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It sounds simplistic, and somewhat obvious, that in a sport-like contest the team that scores the most points will win
but its amazing how many teams each year focus on being able to do a function, but dont really focus on doing it fast.
Last year, when a thread came out, asking if it would be possible for one robot to score ten balls in the center goal, in ten seconds, some people reacted as if it were against the laws of physics and nature.
Ive also noticed that many people think of robot functions in human terms. They visualize the robot scoring points the way a human being would, or picking up balls one at a time. Its hard for people to think of a robot as a machine designed for a mass quantity, or high speed function.
One way to fall into this trap is to have humans act out the game, to plan your strategy. When you have people running around on the playfield, pretending they are the robots, its hard to make the jump from what a human can do (with legs and arms and hands and eyes....) to what can be done with a highly specialized machine.