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Re: Drive Systems... ...The FIRST Arms Race?
Like the original poster said, a reason for this escalation is because of FIRST game designs.
I think this is in fact the main reason.
Take this year's game, for example. Rack'n'Rolls main scoring device is ONE device, in the middle of the field. Most of the gameplay SHOULD happen nearby it, therefor not that much movement and a robot that can keep where he wants to be is paramount. Sadly, i think FIRST made a slight error in point values with the bonus, which makes creating a robot that in no way plays a scoring game until the end an actually viable(and very sadly, winning) solution. So, what would the builders of this robot do with the rest of the time? DEFEND!!! against those teams that make a robot which actually plays during the match. and since those teams made a robot that is not 100% geared and weighted for defense, they most likely wont be able to out-class the defense machine.
the point I'm trying to reach is....If robots with pushing power were not useful, ppl wouldn't make them, would they?
Just my 2 cents.
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Last edited by Duke_of_Hazard : 23-02-2007 at 16:41.
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