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Re: Winning Drive Train

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Originally Posted by Vikesrock View Post
Although, I do not disagree with your general premise of simple wins, there has been a swerve in the finals of Einstein each of the past three years and two of them have been on the winning alliance. Having said that, that means that 3/36 teams on Einstein the past three years have had swerve drive and 2/9 of the Champs winners, simpler drive systems still far outnumber the more complex ones.

148 had a swerve last year although it wasn't the same as what teams typically think of as crab. 71 made it to the Einstein finals in 2007, although they did not win.
I believe the teams won more due to the fact that their drivers and strategies used the crab/swerve to the best of their abilities. Rather than using crab to drive around and strafe like typical bots did, they found a way to use the uniqueness of their drive train to perform a unique task.

148 in 2008 played ridiculous defense and could get through tough spots that others couldn't. That was key in most of their games on Galileo and Einstein. 111 in 2009 immediately strafed to pin an opponent's bot AND position their own bot for top loading. Al mentioned the dynamic centers of rotation (in the crab/swerve thread) that all crab drive trains discovered this year, which was key to their success in this maneuver -- they wouldn't have been as effective in that autonomous strategy with skid steer.
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