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Re: Successful strategies and robot designs for 2009?

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery View Post
Intersting. We got a very different impression (although that's perhaps why you beat us ). In many situations, though not all, we found that sticking with the same target (if they are capable drivers) would lead to two robots "dancing" around eachother and niether being able to score effectively. If you can strike at them while they are unaware, busy, otherwise tied up, or you can easily outdrive them, it does work well.
I saw the same thing, where a driver would get tunnel vision and spend 30 seconds chasing the same trailer around, and ignoring the easy targets that they passed by. I think it works for 45 because they're fast enough to catch anyone else on the field....
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