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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 agree 100%. Tunnel vision does not work if your drivetrain is on par or slower than your target. Having a good coach who sees which opponents are tied up at any time is key to making most scoring robot effective. Then there's 45, who goes after whoever they want to go after...
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