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it gets worse for the general robots
Posted by Joe Ross at 1/31/2001 7:24 PM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.


In Reply to: Re: isn't that a bit forward?
Posted by Mike Soukup on 1/31/2001 6:09 PM EST:



: So the choice for each team is (or should have been a few weeks ago) do you want a robot that does well in the seeding matches and will probably make it to the elimination rounds, or do you want a robot that may not be in the top 8 (automatic elimination rounds) but may get picked by another team because you're the best at a specific task. That's a very tough choice. Many teams will second guess the decision (in both directions) they made in this respect.

I don't think it is possible to build any type of robot and have it even probably get to the elimination rounds. In the regionals, to get to pick, you need to be in the to 4 out of between 30 and 60+ teams. This is hard to do even if your robot can do everything because of the luck of the draw. It gets much harder in Florida. There, you have to qualify in the top 2 out of 80 to be able to pick.

I consider the worst place to be is in the position where you automatically qualify for the finals but don't get to pick. In this case, you will have to work with the alliance captain, but the captain didn't get a chance to choose you because you complemented them. I feel that in about 50% of the matches (at least in the good regionals and florida) the robot that is automatically in the finals will not play because that robot doesn't fit into the alliance captain's strategy.


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