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Re: High Score Low Rank????
Posted by Patrick Seeney.

Student on team #469, Las Guerrillas, from Oakland Robotics and Lawrence Technological University and Magna Seating Systems, Nachi and Kuka Robotics.

Posted on 3/14/2000 10:14 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: High Score Low Rank???? posted by S. Krussell on 3/14/2000 2:51 PM MST:



: I'm not convinced that ranking is accurate, but I don't think it matters because it all seems to shake out in the end. Some teams were ranked quite high, even with a machine that just sat on the field and didn't work most of the time, because they had partners that carried the load. The real test, I guess, is who gets picked for the finals by the top 8 teams, and I do think the best teams made it to the top 8. Beyond that, scouting reports and observations of matches reveal the better machines and their strengths.

: Counting 'points' scored during the seeding matches is irrelevant.....that's not the measure of a machine, especially in those cases where the alliance partner scored all the points for the match. But I guess everyone knows that already.

See, that even comes to be not entirely accurate. There may be some bots that are designed for purely defense, or purely offense, whose talents may shine in the finals, and depend on being picked in the finals. I know that our bot took on a more defensive role towards the end of the competition, with the option of dumping in two balls minimum. As we were not picked, but we ended up 15th, and on average we could score about 11 points. So i believe it comes down to luck in a way.

Pat




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