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Posted by Joe Johnson at 03/08/2001 9:23 PM EST


Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.


In Reply to: seems like this is common
Posted by Ken Leung on 03/08/2001 9:10 PM EST:



I have not seen anything more than the UTC Regional,
but right now, based on what I have seen and what I
think I will see, 710 or 720 seems about the top end
though if there is a GREAT fast two floor based 2 goal
balancing machine out there, it may make 810 or 820
possible.

Here is how I see it:

3 robots plus stretcher in endzone.

11 or 12 small balls in goals.

2 balls on goals.

Both goals balances in under 60 seconds -- The magical,
nay, mystical, double-double-double-and-a-half.

Base score: 71 or 72
Multiplier: 10X
Total Score: 710 or 720

Now, if this ground balancer comes up or if a WildStang
type ramp bot can figure a way to get that 4th robot in
the end zone without costing the
double-double-double-and-a-half or any of the other
base points, then we may see scores North of 800 but
that seems to me to be significantly less than a 50-50
chance at this point.

But as usual... ...I reserve the right to be wrong.

Joe J.